Concern is to eliminate Oil leaks and getting confident that I won't get a “Pop” (backfire) from having run the main fuel pump by hot wire while it was connected to and sending gas to the fuel rail.
Any advice is welcome-
I suspect Oil leaks from:
Distributor O ring – went to replace it and noticed quite a bit of play in the bottom of the distributor, have read about this on the site but not sure I want to go the new dist route yet.
Oil Separator – I had cleaned this out last year and a few chunks of the brass came out, read all about it and have not come to a conclusion on what’s the best approach to take with it. Blew out the small hose returning to the Oil dipstick, there was only a little oil.
Charcoal Canister (Behind Passenger Fender): Have removed it since the smoke from the “Pop” appeared to come from one of the (2) hoses connected to it. I will be replacing the hoses. The can is really heavy, no liquid comes out, I was thinking during jumping the Main fuel pump it feed gas into the vapor lines and so may have gotten in there.
Cam Cover gasket: passenger side front shows some sign of minor leakage. May be ordering new gaskets for this. From what I been reading (doing too much of that and not enough work) a clogged Oil Separator can cause an increase in pressure on the gaskets causing leaks.
Other:
I had removed the Air Plenum to get to difficult to clean ground wires and to dry out the plenum in case it was holding fuel from jumping the main fuel pump. I did not find much evidence of gas in there just Oil in the rubber sleeves feeding off the plenum, thought I’d find a mess of carbon but I’ve had worse in other vehicles. Historicaly I do get a lot of carbon out the exhaust pipe.
Had disconnected and vented the vapor line feeding the expansion tank in the trunk because I was getting that nasty fuel tank clunking and have been running like that for about 5 years. The venting solved this issue.
Injectors: All tested good on resistance (2 ohms each). Still want to get them in for bench testing and cleaning.
Any advice is welcome-
I suspect Oil leaks from:
Distributor O ring – went to replace it and noticed quite a bit of play in the bottom of the distributor, have read about this on the site but not sure I want to go the new dist route yet.
Oil Separator – I had cleaned this out last year and a few chunks of the brass came out, read all about it and have not come to a conclusion on what’s the best approach to take with it. Blew out the small hose returning to the Oil dipstick, there was only a little oil.
Charcoal Canister (Behind Passenger Fender): Have removed it since the smoke from the “Pop” appeared to come from one of the (2) hoses connected to it. I will be replacing the hoses. The can is really heavy, no liquid comes out, I was thinking during jumping the Main fuel pump it feed gas into the vapor lines and so may have gotten in there.
Cam Cover gasket: passenger side front shows some sign of minor leakage. May be ordering new gaskets for this. From what I been reading (doing too much of that and not enough work) a clogged Oil Separator can cause an increase in pressure on the gaskets causing leaks.
Other:
I had removed the Air Plenum to get to difficult to clean ground wires and to dry out the plenum in case it was holding fuel from jumping the main fuel pump. I did not find much evidence of gas in there just Oil in the rubber sleeves feeding off the plenum, thought I’d find a mess of carbon but I’ve had worse in other vehicles. Historicaly I do get a lot of carbon out the exhaust pipe.
Had disconnected and vented the vapor line feeding the expansion tank in the trunk because I was getting that nasty fuel tank clunking and have been running like that for about 5 years. The venting solved this issue.
Injectors: All tested good on resistance (2 ohms each). Still want to get them in for bench testing and cleaning.