<VV> Gas in Oil

[J R Read_HML]

First place to check is a probably leaking/failed mechanical fuel pump.

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Later, JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Gier" <Corvair72387@cinci.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: <VV> Gas in Oil


> Hi everyone,
> I've ran into a problem with my daily driver '65 Monza, it has a 110
> and a PG BTW. For the last couple of days my car has been leaving soot on
> the driveway from the exhaust. Over the weekend, I was driving home from a
> friend's house and I noticed the car was running a little rough. Upon
> arriving at home, I started smelling smoke. I shut the engine off and 
> looked
> in the engine compartment. The dipstick had been leaking a lot of oil. I
> noticed the oil was a lot thinner than it should have been and it smelled
> like gas. I checked the oil level and it was way past full. So I drained 
> the
> oil and found that there was actually gas in the oil (a lot). I've had 
> this
> problem before on another engine with a blown power valve on a Holley. My
> question to all of you is what would be causing all of this gas to get 
> into
> the oil. Could it be one of the carbs dumping a bunch of gas into the
> engine? If so, what's the problem with the carb? Thanks in advance for any
> help.
> Nick Gier
> 65 Monza
> 110/PG
> 63 Spyder
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