My friend noticed oil stain on exhaust of his 88 2.8 after he changed the distributor. Traced the leak back to the distributor .what can we do to fix this?

remove the distributor, and install the o ring that should be just below the flange. it wa seither left off or damaged.

quote Originally posted by tjm4fun: remove the distributor, and install the o ring that should be just below the flange. it wa seither left off or damaged.

Yup. Had the same problem and installed Rodneys distributor O-ring and that solved the oil leak.

Make sure when re-installing the distributer to change the o-ring and when doing so, lub it with oil in order to get a good seal.

Just rebuilt my distributor today. It was easier than i thought.

we went and got the part, thanks guys+++, it was a wooping 67 cents.

that doesnt sound right, should be more like a dollar and a half. what color was it?

quote Originally posted by lurker: that doesnt sound right, should be more like a dollar and a half. what color was it?

Ditto, Mine from auto-zone was a couple bucks , you may want to re-check it before install, so you don`t have to do it again, the distributor has to come out , just a quick note, you may want to mark & line everything else up now, so you don`t have a timing issue...Hope this helps..

black about a inch round

quote Originally posted by synapse: black about a inch round

neoprene doesnt hold up to the heat. insist on the reddish-brown buna ring.

color has nothing to do with it. I have a whole assortment box of buna-n o rings, all are black.

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20040710-2-047248.html

hmmm, I quess you misunderstood me. they can make any oring any color, from any material. just because ti is black does not mean it is not a buna-n.
My box of vitron seals are also black.

that;s why you need to keep those things organized, you can;t tell by looking at them.

gm likely made the color change to make it obvious that the oldblack rubber was replaced in stock.