Its a 1981 Monte Carlo SS with a GM 350 crate motor. There is oil all over the heads valve covers. It isn't my car, but I was thinking of buying it..Thank you.
Sounds like bad valve cover gaskets. Not too big of a job.
It needs a new valve cover gasket which is cheap and easy to replace. Gaskets dry up and break from heat and age. Then all that sloshing oil underneath gets out. Loose valve cover bolts can also be a problem. And the valve cover may have been damaged by someone over-tightening the bolts. This thing is a 100 in human years. What happened to the valve cover gasket (rot from heat and age) is just one example of what has probably happened to many things on it - other gaskets, seals, hoses, tires and belts. Have seller prove he did a timing belt change when needed. It needed that at about 100k or 11 years ago. If seller can prove it, then guess what? It now needs another timing belt.
valve cover gaskets leaking, oil cap not tight enough or the intake gasket leaking.
If my reasoning is correct.. the answer is all to obvious.. the oil spot saturation is caused by none other than Loki, god of mischief and mayhem. If you could kindly point me in the direction of my half-brother I would be more than happy to hit him with my big dumb hammer. -THOR
