93 Ranger Squeal from Bell Housing

[rumblecloud]

AHA!!
The dreaded Dipstick Shuffle! Very rare.

 

[Greasemonkey1113]

Now my question is what the hell caused it? PCV Valve seems ok as well as all vacuum lines

 

[pjtoledo]

I'm not sure about the lack of lube on a 3.0L distributer. It might be the same as the cam synchronizer issue.

@pjtoledo what say you on this subject?

the last distributored 3.0 I had was in an 87 Taurus. that was long before I dissected a cam sync unit.
I see the plot changed to dipstick issues.

 

[pjtoledo]

does it blow out the tube, or suck in?

 

[Snoranger]

I’d check the breather hose and see if it’s clogged or collapsed.
You can also remove the oil fill cap with it running and see if the noise goes away.

 

[Greasemonkey1113]

Sucks in from dipstick tube. Remove oil cap and it falls on its face and dies. Gotta be a major vaccum leak from intake somewhere. Whether gaskets or hole somewhere