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Originally Posted by mctwin2kman
Edit: Just a question! How does the fuel get into the oil from a start valve leaking? I would think you would just be getting extra fuel into the intake and thus into the chambers and the car would run worse due to being more rich then normal! Am I wrong in this thinking?  |
The super-rich fuel mixture is not completly burned and the excess gas washes the cylinder walls. Some fuel drains down past the rings and settles in the oil sump. The washed cyl walls, and rings, also wear the cylinders.
That's my story and I'm sticking too it.
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Warren
Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor
Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL
ENTER > = (HP RPN)
Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.
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