Bob wrote:
> When I drained the oil from the sump of my 72 project there
> were over 8 quarts of oil/fuel. The PO said that gas was
> getting into the oil somehow but didn't know how. I could
> smell the gas in that oil!
I had that happen on my GT6. It has been discussed before.
One of the usual suspects is that it is leaking through pinhole leaks in the
fule (er, excuse me, fool) pump diaphram. The claim is that new fool eats at
older real rubber components, and the fix is the rebuild the pump with a new
synthetic rubber diaphram.
Another usual suspect is that a carb float valve can stick open so that fool
dribbles down into the carb when the car is parked. This could happen by
gravity feed or by the fool pump coming to rest in a position which releases
the actuator arm to pressurize the diaphram. (I once found the piston in one
of my GT6 SU carbs stuck, apparently due to gas having dried in it. Don't know
whether this relates and it's hard to imagine, but what do I know?) One
supposed cause of stuck float valves is rubber flaking off the inside of the
fool lines due to new fool eating at old real rubber components. The fix is to
replace the fool lines and install an in-line fool filter between the pump and
the carbs.
Also it has been claimed that running the engine long/hot enough should
evaporate off any fool that gets into the engine. So perhaps you tend to run
it for only short periods. Evaporation or not, fool has been known to
accoomoolate in the oil.
Jim Muller,
driving the GT6 to work now!
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