Hello all,
A crankcase full of gasoline seems odd. How does a carb of any type
overflowing
for any reason not produce hydrostatic lock in a cylinder with
the quantity of
fuel described? What path to the oil pan is open to gasoline
through the carb?
In a properly built system; there is no such path. I think
gasoline in the oil
is not the problem leading to cam bearing destruction.
Alex Gabbard
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From: Thomas Witt
<atwittsend@verizon.net>
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, April 19, 2011
8:54:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Fuel pump question
Allan,
There are just
too many red flags to pin the cam bearing damage on a crank case
full of
gasoline diluted oil. Is it a small possibility (?) - yes, but very,
very
small.
As it has been pointed out the gas would have likely leaked out the
carburetor
and been noticeable on the ground. If per chance fuel had
actually leaked into
the engine it likely would not have started either
because it was hydro-locked
or been ridiculously rich. In any of the cases
the smell of gas would have been
noticeable.
If the cam bearing was
noticeable bad, what was the condition of the other
bearing and for that
matter the cam itself? To find that out the engine had to
be opened up. If
only the cam bearing is bad it seems to indicate improper
installation. That
being either the bearing was misaligned (though getting the
cam in would have
made that noticeable) OR more likely the oil hole was not
aligned with the
galley. I would press the matter before accepting it as "your"
problem.
Tom
(Witt)
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