burning oil smell

[1970mule]

cant figure out why the bronco smells like oil is burning in the engine bay, i smell it as i drive. i have a 302 efi. i used to get oil getting up into the upper intake but when i put baffles on the vac tubes i thought i fixed that. so what gives

i know this is a difficult thing to ask.

 

[broncnaz]

Oil leaking out of the valve covers and onto the exhuast. Thats the only thing that would cause burnt oil smell in the engine bay itself.

 

[Scrapper_MV]

I'll second the valve cover gaskets as the likely culprit. But I have also experienced a leaky P/S pump the had fluid blown back by the fan onto the header. I also had a leaky master cylinder lid that dripped onto the exhaust.

 

[W650Mike]

Blowby coming out the crank breather?

 

[myclsic69]

3rd on the valve cover leak

 

[1970mule]

ok will check into these

 

[Pa PITT]

HUM back of my intake got around to my exhaust manifolds or pipes but it stunk.