This was most definetly caused by the stuck float. The excessive fuel seeps
past the rings and into the oil.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Dardalis" <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: IML: one more thing!
> On the prior adventure, forgot to mention. After I got the car driveable
> again, I drove around the block. I noticed the (stock) oil pressure gage
> was sitting about where it sits when the car is hot, even though the oil
> was certainly close to cold. I checked the oil, and the level was at
least
> half a quart higher than where it was last time I checked. Also, it
> smelled like gasoline. Could there be a connection between this and the
> stuck carburetor float?
>
> Well, I had to toss 4.5 quarts of expensive Mobil 1. The Texas heat would
> eventually boil the gas out of the oil, but I had probably 20% gasoline in
> there!
>
> D^2
>
>
>
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