SmokinBBC
Well-known member
Ok...I guess it's my turn.
Went to go for a spin. Haven't started it for 2 days.
I check the oil...up to the full line as always.
Pump it 3 times. Turn on the ignition and it cranks strong as always...wants to start so I give it a LITTLE gas...this kicks it in to about 1500 revs and starts it. Then it drops down to about 500/600 and the car starts. It usually takes a while to get a smooth idle..so I let it idle low and give it a little gas as it wants to die out.
Then it really starts to shake like it's only running on a couple of cyliders....so I shut it down and pop the hood.
Gas puddled on the intake, and all over the carb/side top, etc. Rear top bowl gasket is soaked. I figure maybe junk in the needle seat/float problem...no biggee. I'll go in and check it tomorrow. BTW, I have a carb heat shield and it is dry around the carb fuel intake line and there is no fuel dripping from the line.
So I look down into the intake manifold and it is LOADED with fuel. So I get a couple of rags down there to soak it up. I pull the plugs and of course they are soaked....I figure I'll let it dry overnight.
So before I leave it for the night, I check the oil again. It is halfway between the emtpty/full line.....ahhhh shit! It has always been at full since it has been rebuilt. I check under the car, all the gaskets, around the engine, the oil pressure line, the pressure guage.....no trace of oil.
Where the F___ is the qt. of oil? Is it possible the gas washed down the cyl walls and the oil pumped up past the rings? How can I see this? Should I wait until morning and see if the oil drains back down to the pan?
Damn this sucks.
SOB!
Went to go for a spin. Haven't started it for 2 days.
I check the oil...up to the full line as always.
Pump it 3 times. Turn on the ignition and it cranks strong as always...wants to start so I give it a LITTLE gas...this kicks it in to about 1500 revs and starts it. Then it drops down to about 500/600 and the car starts. It usually takes a while to get a smooth idle..so I let it idle low and give it a little gas as it wants to die out.
Then it really starts to shake like it's only running on a couple of cyliders....so I shut it down and pop the hood.
Gas puddled on the intake, and all over the carb/side top, etc. Rear top bowl gasket is soaked. I figure maybe junk in the needle seat/float problem...no biggee. I'll go in and check it tomorrow. BTW, I have a carb heat shield and it is dry around the carb fuel intake line and there is no fuel dripping from the line.
So I look down into the intake manifold and it is LOADED with fuel. So I get a couple of rags down there to soak it up. I pull the plugs and of course they are soaked....I figure I'll let it dry overnight.
So before I leave it for the night, I check the oil again. It is halfway between the emtpty/full line.....ahhhh shit! It has always been at full since it has been rebuilt. I check under the car, all the gaskets, around the engine, the oil pressure line, the pressure guage.....no trace of oil.
Where the F___ is the qt. of oil? Is it possible the gas washed down the cyl walls and the oil pumped up past the rings? How can I see this? Should I wait until morning and see if the oil drains back down to the pan?
Damn this sucks.
SOB!