Oil spewing out of oil filler pipe

[Benson]

Originally Posted by Don S

Brent,I just checked the service bulletins for information on the oil breather pipe. On page 358 there is the old and new style depicted. The new shows the tabs upward replacing the old with tabs facing downward. I am confused,your suggestion is the tabs facing downwards, am I missing something in the translation?Looks like tab orientation is important,because I have counterweights on my crank.

Page 454 shows the third version, a later version, with tabs downward and totally different from the previous designs. The first two designs are similar and third is radically different in the way that the baffles are fastened inside the breather tube (figure 896 shows this).

The Model B engines did not have counterweights at first. The CWs were added later (first ones were wider and later ones were narrower) and then the fourth design, the large B tube breather with a completely different baffle design was added. That said, the SB pages 358 and 454 were written to address the vapor problem for cranks WITHOUT counterweights.

Adding CWs to an A crank most likely throws more oil up and out of the breather tube.

[Craig Lewis]

Don look at page 454.
Old spewing must have been a big problem back then
...perhaps as the engines wore out?...
whatever the case page 454 shows Ford's final improvement with the tabs facing down in the direction Brent indicates.
Yes I'm another guy running off to check my pipe
No doubt a ton of testing went into the design change way back then so this final pipe would the one of choice for a non-purist. (or the B pipe)

Now-a-days we have carefully trained service managers who dumb down the car owners with phrases such as
"gee we haven't heard any other complaints on that"
and my favorite "we can certainly sympathize with your situation"
2nd stage would be installing several identical pipes at the customer's or warranty company's expense.
3rd stage, given a wide enough range of troubles in a single model they can always re-name the car a sell it for a few more years.

Bankrupt? Hang on while we bail you out.

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

SO I'll see if I can explain it a bit and have it make sense. .

Going to check mine as soon as i get a chance.

[1931 flamingo]

All this talk about checking pipes? If you aren't spewing oil why the worrying? If you were you'd know. JMO
Paul in CT

[Dick Carne]

Just a quick thought for future reference - some of the new reproduction oil dip sticks do not have accurate readings for the oil levels - an original is always best.