Re: Fuel in Oil

[Tony Martie <tony@domain.elided>]

original message:

Is it possible or a common problem to have fuel in the oil pan on a 
Spica
spider(74)?  I know that oil from the engine lube's the Spica pump.  In 
the
process of putting an RML system on my spider (which is another story!) 
I
noticed the engine was turning slowly when I tried to start it.  It did 
not
start and I think I may smell fuel in the oil.  I have not dumped the 
oil pan
(that will have to wait to next weekend) but I remember that I had a 
problem
in a TR6 where a failed fuel pump pumped fuel directly into the oil 
sump and
got so much fluid in there that it strangled the engine!

                            Terry Johnston
                            Logan, Utah


Terry,
Sounds like a Spica pump that has worn out the plunger/cylinders and is 
allowing fuel past them into the oil.  Might be time to send it in to 
Wes for a rebuild.

By the way, the Crane 3000 optical ignition (same thing as RML?)  is 
easily the most effective mod I have made to my Spider, huge increase 
in reliability for little cash.  Mines been firing flawlessly for 
several years now.

Tony Martie
78 Spider
http://tmpd.net
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