Thread: Burning smell

Yes those are different parts of the motor and they all have oil leaking from them on the right side..

Look in the valley between the heads under the intake manifold. Looks to me it's comming from up top


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Ok I'll look tomarrow thanks

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Hopefully it's not leaking from the head gasket ( I don't have the money for stuff like this until summer )

Would swiching to motocraft half and half slow the oil leaks and be better for the motor I heard on another Fourm that a guy switched to synthetic and it leaked less oil?

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I don't think switching from non-synthetic to synthetic will help much, but I could be wrong. If you use a heavier weight oil that will help, that's what I did in my '71 Buick and it just about stopped a leak that was pretty substantial (but that was because it was a ridiculously high weight which you shouldn't use on these Ford engines). If you're running 20W you can go up to 30W but no higher and it might help a little.

Originally Posted by RhinoZ24

I think I got my Hayne's manual off of Rockauto.com for like $20, but yes it has been extremely helpful for a lot of things.

I can't seem to find it

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It will be under Literature once you select your vehicle and it gives you a list of sub-catagories.

Which one would be it they don't have much detail on the pages

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synthetics tend to have more cleaners and could increase the amount of leakage. I would stay with recommended weight, clean the engine and find out where it is leaking before doing anything. Maybe you did that and I missed it. Hope that helps.