Well, I finally had some time to dig into this further! New Year's Day afforded the chance to take take Barry's advice... I stuck a paper towel in the injector's hole and cranked the engine. No oil on the towel and a great sigh of relief. I then proceeded to install the new injectors and just for kicks, I checked the valves... they did indeed need an adjustment. Loosened them up a bit, triple checked everything.

Went for a test drive down to the local winery yesterday. The car started fine, yet smoked a bit... I'm going to attribute this to the fact that it was 10F. Warmed it up thoroughly, then did the 60 mile round trip. No smoke once things were warmed. The test was the return home as I've a 5 mile 7% grade. I hit the grade @ 50mph... accelerated to 70 half way up... lots of power, very smooth and NO SMOKE!

Epilogue: Certainly seems that a lousy injector on #1 cylinder was the culprit, though I'm sure the valve adjustment didn't hurt.

Thanks all for your time and help! I'm looking forward to retirement when I can be of more assistance here!

Best New Year!

-l-

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