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Crankcase breather

Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:56 pm
by kamakz28
Hello all I just picked up a 1975 Road Toad and it is leaking a lot of oil from the breather . What would cause this , too much oil , wrong oil type any answers would be great . Thanks

Re: Crankcase breather

Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 1:03 am
by RichardMott
This problem has been discussed many times on this forum. From what I can remember, the first thing I would check it overfilling.
Second can be moisture in the oil.
The most likely though is a leaking case seal on the clutch side. This has the compression foam the oil. Does the oil look foamy?