Nice spring day, Thought I'd take my first drive of the season - NO! Options

[Pat Garvey]

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These are the woes of a garage queen!

New battery! 70 degree day! Top comes off! Fire it up! Spews guts!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, my pristine 914, like a newborn baby, blew everything it could onto the garage floor before I could even get it out into the fresh air! Let it warm up after staring & within 15 seconds smelled fuel! Shut it down, found a clamp that had softened up over the winter & tightened it. Restart..........fine! No fuel leaks, but the garage floor was becoming Anwaar! Oil spewing everywhere on the drivers' side! Looks like it's coming from #1 cylinder, at the seal from the head & barrel.
I took the engine apart 10 years ago, to fid out how it worked. Could itbe that I didn't properly torque te heads? If so, why did it take 10 years to mainfest itself - have had a MINOR leak since. Now, it's a gusher! Bummer!

Before I R&R the unit, anyone know of a way to get to the crush sleeve between the cylinder heads & case without R&R'ing the motor. As I get older, it becomes more & more difficult to do these things!! Input please?

Cross post OK.

Looks like my season may be done before it started! Car ran great for 15 seconds!