<VV> OLD OILS and other ramblins

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back before  i had my new 64 corvair ,oils were not as advanced  as now.  if 
you put a gallon of dirty black oil in a glass jug it would  settle and become 
"clean" after a few days time.  soooooo i had a 2 gallon  can fastened to the 
wall with a spigot soldered in the side about 3 inches  up.  it would 
"reclaim" oils in a week or less. hate to think what the lube  quality was .i bet 
several garages did the same thing. if you put all your oil  drainings into a 50 
gallon drum and took from a few inches from the bottom it  would appear clean. 
lots of farmers saved by doing this.  your newer oils  will not let the crud 
settle out. that is the improvement in technology  showing.  the damaging 
particles will be captured by the now better  filters.
if the idle circuit is not working on later carbs sometimes you can blast  it 
thru the idle needle and get it going again..the fact that it happened after  
doing other work on the engine makes me wonder if a base gasket or crossover  
pipe hose is leaking?  or just linkage adjustment (syncronization?).but i  
bet on carb removal and rebuild with boiling it out. might better do both at the 
 same time..
just my ramblins..
regards, tim colson



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