[DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick

[bill gaino]

I was not there when the guys in shop class started a six cyl with no carb. It went straight to full throttle without a butterfly valve until it ran out of the gas they poured in the intake. Your dad was lucky to have the rpm stay that low.... Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Timko <thedrol at pobox.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2010 12:02 PM
>To: Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
>Cc: asajay at asajay.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mayonnaise on the dipstick
>
>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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