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Re: What to do with engine out (rebuild? clean?)
Your oil smells like gas because your carb is leaking after shut down and it trickles past the rings. Stock 40 year old Q-jet? Fuel in the oil is bad... it will eat up your bearings.
If it's the stock 40 year old worn out engine... there isn't much you can do to it. It's burning oil and probably needs new valve guides and seals. But if you freshen up the top end, it will suck oil past the worn out rings and you will still have a mosquito fogger.
Just clean it up. replace the leaking rear seal, and do a full on tune up. Get your carb looked at or rebuilt. If it is in fact an old Q-jet, chances are the well plugs in the bottom are leaking and it will also need to have the throttle bores rebushed.
Gary
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My 1972 GMC 1500 Super Custom (Creeping Death) "long term" build thread.
The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Its cheaper to listen to advice given when you ask for help than it is to ignore everyone and wait for carnage.
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