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    Opinion - oil drain routing

    Just wanted to get consensus if the dip in my oil drain might be the cause of some blue smoke after doing a pull and letting off throttle. Pretty good plume of blue smoke only after a pull in higher rpm and only once i let off throttle.
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    there's a lot of angle there going into the oil pan. that could definitely be the culprit.

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    Ya and thinking about it more the location is below the oil level. When shut throttle maybe it pulls strong vacuum and sucks some back up past the seals.

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