Thread: FE390 Rebuilt Engine. Problem w/oil spray on drivers side valve cover/little smoking

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Thanks folks for your comments. I got the Right Stuff and will do the the little punch spot technique for sure. I took a sharp box cutter blade and also made some little scratches on the block and intake. Very small but should help also. THe baffle in my valve cover goes down pretty low and is less than a half inch from the head when installed. I'm enclosing an image. Maybe with my higher pressure oil pump I need to cut an inch or so off of this baffle so it's not practically sticking in the oil at the base of the head. Maybe I'm using too much oil in this engine. The oil pan is stock and I was going to put 5 quarts back in and not change the oil filter as it will have some oil in it and it's practically brand new. I am running a pcv from the passenger side valve cover to the base of the carb on the front. This is an Edelbrock Performer intake. Here's an image of the motor and the baffle in the valve cover.