Take the Drip'in Oil test!

[antares]

Honestly, just how little or much oil does your pristine 3.0 SC's drip after setting unstarted for: 1-month - 3-months?

A) None ... Not mine. Well not since the $10K overhaul.
B) I'd say just a little, maybe toward the front
at the split halfs. A teaspoon tops.
C) Evidence of some very minor drippings down onto heat exchangers.. but just a little mind you
D) Can't tell cause my motor is dirty man.

Take the test n post your answers

Just for the health of it.

Cheers Antares

[beepbeep]

Few drops under camcover seals...

[dickster]

D

but i like the smell of burning oil...............

oh yeah, sorry mines an '86 does that count??

[bjola]

Almost nothing only a slight wetting under the cam covers.
-77 911 with eurospec 3.0, 204 hp engine.

[Jdub]

Here's a datapoint for a daily driver: none, period. I park it on top of a 5'x3' white-faced board (came with the IKEA desk; great stuff!) and there is nary a drip on it.

It can be done!

John

[L Sjoberg]

My '83 sits in the garage between December and April, and hadn't leaked as of last weekend anyway. The only leaking problems I have had, actually, came not from storing the car but from a bad oil cooler and then from the return tubes. Then again, the PO (I've had the car for about 7 yrs) had gone through the engine pretty good, so maybe I'm due for some problems this spring...

[Clark Griswald]

Sitting for 1-3 months unstarted.

You are joking right

[sammyg2]

My 80 SC doesn't sit that long, but if it sits for two weeks, it will leave exactly two drops on the floor. One is from a right lower valve cover nut and the other is from a hose that weeps a little. That is with just over 100,000 miles on the original never rebuilt motor. I plan to take care of one of those drips soon, but the other I guess I can live with :-)