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360 -302 heads burning oil on the left bank. Last year I had a hole about 1/4 up in the radiator and had to stop about every 10 miles to refill it to get home. I watched the temp and never went over 200. The oil burning started some time after this episode so I am thinking they might be related. Like maybee a cracked head or burned seal?
I have a set of Magnum heads and know I will need a different intake, pushrods and maybe lifters. My lifters are fairly new so How do I tell if they are oil thru or not? And what pushrods do I need? Anything else required for a magnum change?
Thanks Ed

If your burning oil you may have some bad piston rings . I think it would be best to pull that 360 and put it on an engine stand . Pull the heads and check the valve guides and stem seals . At Least pull that piston out of the oil burning cylinder . And check the piston and rings and measure that cylinder . What year is this 360 ? And how many miles are on it ? COOL

Don't remember what year but its ony got about 10k on a fresh .30 bore

Go online and google 360 oil consumption. A common problem is the plenum gasket. I currently have the issue with a 1999 5.9 Durango. A company called Hughes and one other have a fix for the problem.

Hope he has it fixed by now, the original post is from March of '08.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Hope he has it fixed by now, the original post is from March of '08.....

well hard to say my u joints still are bad in my truck

Valve seals on the right head

good to hear you got it fixed. For your magnum head swap question. There are a few things to keep in mind, the LA heads get oil through the rocker shaft bolts via galleries. And the magnum heads are through the pushrod. so just make sure you have pushrods with holes going all the way through and lifters that pump oil. I think amc lifters are the ones. Not sure, I use solid lifters.