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Posted by: Blargh Aug 16 2006, 03:34 PM

Right, finally got my car back together (with help from a friend of mine) But theres only one problem....

The car smokes like crazy! Obviously it's burning oil (lots of oil) as it comes right out of the tail pipe... Now the thing is... I drain the oil and there's gas in it, lots of gas in fact about 1/8 of it is gas

Can anybody help me?

Posted by: ejm Aug 16 2006, 03:42 PM

Do you have carbs or FI? Maybe a stuck float if you have carbs, a stuck injector or cold start valve if its FI

Posted by: Headrage Aug 16 2006, 03:54 PM

If you're running FI and just put everything back together did you make sure the fuel pressure regulator is in right?

When I put mine back together it started and ran fine at first then I couldn't get it started.

Luckily Clayton looked down into the plenumn before we tried any more because he found over a pint of raw fuel.

The pressure at the feed side of the regulator pegged a meter at 160 lbs and was forcing fuel through the cold start valve...

Posted by: Blargh Aug 16 2006, 04:10 PM

Thanks, I'll check the cold start injectors and the pressure sensor. I'll get back to you guys

Posted by: Blargh Aug 16 2006, 04:12 PM

Also, the car would flood

I could let it run and it would kind of struggle... but driving it would flood it, and I would have to wait several minutes to start it again....

Just adding to the problem list to help out

Posted by: Scott-thundercat Nov 27 2006, 10:56 PM

any update on what you found? this is going on with me now.

Posted by: Bruce Allert Nov 27 2006, 11:16 PM

If it's injected you might have some vacuum hoses in the wrong places. This will cause a smokey effect.

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Posted by: Scott-thundercat Nov 28 2006, 09:32 AM

really? like which ones switched will do this?

Posted by: Bruce Allert Nov 28 2006, 09:42 AM

I can't recall which are the culprits. Do a search on vacuum hose connections. I'm sure the answer will pop up unless someone "In the Know" chimes in. There are some diagrams of vacuum hose connections floating around too. Pelican has some.

I have one that has most correct connectinos but some are shown as wrong and it's a wee bit hard to follow.

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Posted by: Scott-thundercat Nov 28 2006, 11:15 AM

damn! all the vacuum hoses i've found (diagrams) dont match up to my engine- it's a 70 1.7 liter... the air filter is different than others i've seen- it's the little oil bath guy.... damn!

Posted by: Bruce Allert Nov 28 2006, 11:37 AM

Here's one with the oil bath air cleaner.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/914/Parts/Fuel/hose_layout_large.htm

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