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--- veedub@apartment101.com wrote: > This weekend I brought my Notch home from the shop > and she ran beautiful > (all stock now except for the exhaust). > > I jacked up the front and put the front left on > jackstands to work on the > master cylinder. I left her like that for about > three hours. > > When I took her off the jack and jackstands, I tried > to start her to move > her and she would hardly start. I noticed blue > smoke (yes, oil I know) > coming from the exhaust and major erratic ignition, > so I shut her off and > noticed that gas and oil were coming from my > exhuast. I figured that she > was flooded a little bit, so I waited until this > morning, but got the same > thing. > > Is it possible that I dumped all of the fuel from > the fuel bowls into the > cylinders and drowned the spark plugs (hence the gas > in my exhaust)? What > do you suggest? I didn't notice any gas in my oil, > but I did find oil > coming out of the tailpipe. Was that because the > gas was washing out all of > the oil from the cylinders? > > Jason > 68 Notch (Nadine) > > p.s. Here's how I explained it to my wife: "Nadine > (my Notch) got a little > drunk last night (she had too much gas), so I > couldn't get her to talk or > walk straight. It gave her diahrrea and now she's > hungover as hell. I'll > have to take out her spark plugs and make her throw > up a little. She'll > feel better later." > > > When parking your car on it's side the oil has a tendency to buy pass the rings into the cylinders and if the carb's let go with fuel, it's called a double whammy, it's possible to get enough liquid in the cylinder's to cause a hydraulic lock, (ENGINE WON'T TURN OVER). To clear, pull plugs and turn engine with starter till clear, replace plugs and start engine, she will feel better!!! Phil> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > Subj=subscribe > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com