[ckeen74]

Well, my worst fears have come true - fuel in the oil, leaking out the rear main... mechanic says it's a bad pump. I guess I'm on the hunt for a good used pump, then I have to brace myself for that bill and the bill for 5-6 hours' labor.

My only faint glimmer of hope is that Eddie (my mechanic) says Larry Jr. at APE told him you can remove the SPICA oil filter, and there's a pressure release valve in there that you can you can hit, then disconnect the fuel pump and crank the engine over to build up oil pressure. Have any of you heard of that method? Although I'm thinking with working around the air pump that it might be just as much labor to hedge my bets and just replace the thing.