Re: Yet another question

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

In conjunction with your other post:

Is your fuel distributor simply dumping liquid gas past the piston?
Disconnect from upper air assembly and raise up to see underside. I
suppose you could hold the thing up in the air, but will need to rig
up a bracket or strap to keep piston from shooting out. Jump fuel pump
relay to force on.

Engines like vaporized fuel, not liquid.

I've read that fuel distributor is not a serviceable item BTW.

Re: scrooged fuel mixture screw -- Fastenal (www.fastenal.com) sells
individual metric cap screws as narrow as M3 (my chart shows 3mm allen
head as M4, but it also shows M6 screws in upper air assembly as 5mm
allen head...) Fastenal isn't quite as cheap as McMaster Carr, but
they do sell in quantities less than 100. They are also only source
for 7x1mm stainless.

Given history of fuel system AFTER the filter, I'd definitely pull all
injectors and visually verify spray pattern.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> I've pulled my dying starter and mailed it off. In the meantime, I 
> thought I'd check the oil to make sure there was no coolant or 
> anything in it since I changed the head gaskets.
> 
> Well, out comes 6.8 quarts of oil, and 7 quarts of gasoline. Now I 
> understand that when you're cranking, and the car isn't starting, 
> it's still pumping gas but isn't that a bit excessive? Especially 
> since I had unplugged the cold start valve to avoid flooding it?
> 
> I ask this question because I suspect that one reason it wouldn't 
> start after putting back together is because it was being flooded out.
> 
> I welcome your opinions. Thanks,
> 
> Rich