As my luck would have it I'm already having a few problems to sort out on the new Pinto, got stranded in a walmart parking lot for a couple hours. Upon close inspection I saw flames jumping out from under the dissy, took the cap off to find oil all over the inside of the cap, after wiping it off and waiting a few minutes it finally started back up.
Any ideas as to HOW oil can get in there? I had noticed two things beforehand, 1 There is either a valve ticking or exhaust leak, it ticks almost constantly while driving and stays about the same pace with the RPM but don't tick at idle or revving. and 2 I couldn't get it to time right, after it warms up it won't start back easy unless I back off the distributor, but then it runs like crap and has detonation. I figured the belt might have jumped a tooth or was incorrectly set but I wonder if the oil is causing those symptoms?
I did leave the vacuum advance line unhooked to get it home just in case that was the source of the oil.
It doesn't seem to lack much power despite the situation, at least not compared to my other 2.3