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richard crow 02-17-2025 04:46 PM

fuel bowl fill of oil
 

ford 8ba eng stoped runing fuel bowl fill with oil .i have seen maney fuel pumps that went bad put gas in crank case. i have never seen a fuel bowl full of oil & the fuel pump is mounted high on eng

Vics Stuff 02-17-2025 04:56 PM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

It sounds like the crank case vent is plugged and the fuel pump is pulling a vacuum on the engine
Vic

Ggmac 02-17-2025 06:54 PM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

Maybe diesel in the tank ?

richard crow 02-17-2025 08:16 PM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

the eng has a road tube also a oil filler pipe whitch is clear there is no blow by it is runing on a 1 gallon can not hooked up to fuel tank eng sounds terable sounds like glass brakeing no miss. just wondering if any one has seen this i will dissamble eng to see what i find

Ggmac 02-18-2025 05:24 AM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

That is a new one . Id suggest a compression check before tear down. Just to determine if it’s specific to some cylinders. Good luck and please keep posting results. Thanks

JayChicago 02-18-2025 08:33 AM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard crow (Post 2370255)
it is runing on a 1 gallon can not hooked up to fuel tank

Was there mixed gas for a two cycle engine in that gas can?

richard crow 02-18-2025 04:53 PM

Re: fuel bowl fill of oil
 

this is pure thick oil


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