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I am dealing with some pressure in the crank case that is confusing. I know I have some blow by as the engine is a little tired. Cylinder pressures are #1-145-150 and the rest 155ish. With the lifter vent hose disconnected, I get oil out of the pulley. Reconnected, I am way too lean on the carb (Weber) but no oil. I tried a new PCV tonite and got oil leakage again. None with the old PCV. I did redo the head and know the gasket around the lifter cover at the top is marginal and leaks a bit. So, would a bad gasket seal on the lifter cover cancel the positive ventilation from the PCV? Prevent it from sucking the air out of the crankcase? My thought is the old PCV doesn't seal and the intake manifold is sucking great quantities of air unrestricted. The new PCV is working right and when open is defeated by the bad gasket. Does that make any sense at all to anyone????