[DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick

[Paul Timko]

My Dad tells a story of working on his Triumph TR2 back in the day.  He 
had to replace the starter motor and to get to it he needed to remove 
the carb.  Well once the new starter was installed he tried the key to 
make sure it was working.  And low and behold the car started and was 
running at 2000 rpms without the carbs.  He immediately shut it down and 
went to see if there was a problem with the starter.  No problem, 
started it again and again it continued to run at 2000 rpms.  This time 
he went to check.  The fuel was dripping from the end of the fuel line 
and being sucked into the intake causing the motor to run without carbs.

Paul
#9270

Will Kooiman wrote:
> You also have to deal with oil spraying up through the holes in the lifter
> valley.  It would be a mess.
> 
> The blow-by past the rings gets to the valve covers, and then the PCV
> through a few tiny holes in the lifter valley.
> 
> How do I know?  No, I haven't running my engine w/out an intake, but I have
> a hole in the lifter valley of my weber intake - for hidden vacuum lines.  I
> don't have the vacuum lines, but I still have the hole.  I forgot about the
> plug and started the engine - once.  It made a big mess in short order.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of asajay at asajay.com
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 5:12 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick
> 
> Nah... just use two misting spray bottles, each pointed generally in  
> the direction of each bank of ports.  But then that would be sloppy  
> and get fuel in the oil.  ;)
> 
> Asa Jay
> <theory and practice are vastly different things>
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>:
> 
>> Yes, but you have to know your firing order and be really quick   
>> dribbling into each intake port in the correct sequence.......
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>> In theory.... you could remove the intake and start the engine by
>>> dribbling gas in the intake ports and NOT have any coolant escape the
>>> engine.
>>>
>>> Asa Jay
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