Old engine leaks oil

JasonNC

What would cause oil to pour out from under the oil dipstick.  It's an old engine that was given to me and I was actually surprised that it would actually crank, but when it did, oil spewed out from under the dipstick.  

tigermoth

How much oil was in the pan?
regards, tom

JasonNC

It was full according to the dipstick, but not overflowing.  

54coupe

which which engine are we talking about?

JasonNC

262 six cylinder

JasonNC

I don't know why I can't rotate this picture so that it doesn't come out sideways.  

JasonNC

This is the setup before I installed the dipstick....

lostmind

This help

railknight

That looks 90 degrees better!

JasonNC

Thank you Lostmind.  It was always upright every time I attached it, but kept ending up sideways when I posted the comment.  I still don't know why that happened.  

50SuperFalcon

It sounds like you have an over pressurization of the pan, when was the motor last gone through (if ever)?
my only thought is that you have weak rings causing a pressure in the pan.(if it’s not rebuilt try marvel mystery oil in the cylinders to loosen up the rings and burn off the carbon holding the rings)
just a thought 

lostmind

The dipstick is hard to see, looks like the wrong one?
Maybe pull the starter and look for crack or missing plug?

JasonNC

I figured it out.  Oil cap is from another engine and wasn't allowing pressure from the engine to escape.  Once I cranked it without the oil feed cap, the oil didn't spew out from under the dipstick.  

JasonNC

BTW, Lostmind, the reason the dipstick is hard to see in the picture is because it had been removed.  

StepUp

BTW, I dig the homemade engine testing stand.