Fw: <VV> Gasoline Coming Out Exhaust

[J R Read_HML]

Well, I guess I should have copied the list when I sent this to Kathleen 
earlier today.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Kathleen M. Rose" <kr0wsbud at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Gasoline Coming Out Exhaust


> You never ran it long enough for it to come off the chokes and warm up. 
> The crankcase is likely full of gas.  Check your dipstick to see if you 
> are over the full mark and does it smell of gasoline?  If so, do an oil 
> change NOW before you burn up any bearings in the engine.
>
> If you are starting occasionally during cold months, you need to let it 
> get good and warm in order to burn of (purge?) the gasoline from the 
> crankcase which gets past the rings while the chokes are on.
>
> Probably MOST of what you saw out the tailpipe was water vapor, but with a 
> gassy odor.
>
> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kathleen M. Rose" <kr0wsbud at verizon.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:12 AM
> Subject: <VV> Gasoline Coming Out Exhaust
>
>
> I just started up my corvair after it was sitting for a couple of months 
> on blocks, as we had inspected the underside in anticipation of putting in 
> new floor pans.  I had started it occasionally over the winter and let it 
> run for a few minutes each time.  I had no trouble starting it, but 
> something came spraying out the exhaust pipe, and it was gasoline.  Does 
> anyone have any idea what has happened to my car?  I bought it last summer 
> and just drove it around town on the weekends.  It's a 62 manual.
>
> Any thoughts would be helpful.
>
> Thanks.
> -k
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