First: Thank you Steve for pointing me in the right direction!
I did have trouble with hot starting!
Rough idle? Well...not so much before the new ETA, immediate after it ran smooth...but just in the last few days, I noticed rough idling for the first 1-2 minutes.
I pulled off the hose today right after I turned off the engine and looked for fuel coming out of the regulator. At first, there was nothing...a good 2 minutes later, I started to see the beginning of a drop come out.
Since there is a vacuum there while running, does this mean the all this time it has been sucking extra fuel through there? (cyl. #7?) Or is this seepage just occuring during pressure abatement?
Either way, I am getting a new one asafp.
btw: Looks like I was a little alarmist with the oil level...I checked it again this morning, and it wasn't as overfull as yesterday (which admittedly, doesn't make any sense). I've been checking oil for many many years, and can say with certainty I didn't muck it up somehow. Why the level registered higher (or appeared to register higher) is now a mystery to me. The level is still above the high mark, but not by several inches...maybe 1/3 of an inch.
In case anybody wants to know, I use 15W40* in the cooler months. Next change I am going back to 20W50.
*I used it for three reasons 1. it was on sale $6/gal., 2. it's the same oil I use in the 300D in the cooler months, 3. I figure it's ok to use in both until summer time (20W50)