Re: cloud of smoke on start-up

[Gary Gerding <ggerding@tconl.com>]

Graham Evans wrote:

> If by "diminishes" you mean it goes away completely then it could be the oil
> in the carburetor dampers is leaking when it sits.  Do you have to top up
> the oil in the dampers frequently? .

I assume that the reference is to adding oil to the top of the carburetors where

the plastic knobbed dipstick is.  How do you know if enough oil is in there and
what type oil belongs in there?


Thanks,

Gary Gerding, 1967 SL311, Omaha, NE