Gas in the oil

dgoodhue

BuSTeD 4.3
Re: Gas in the oil

Your idle vacuum is probably low if the fp is only dropping 7 psi. That corresponds to about 14" of HG.
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

I have the 422 cam. Vac at idle has always been low since putting the motor back together.
 

RealFastV6

@jb_and_his_coffee
Getting down to 10 psi in an hour is too fast. My Typhoon hasn't been started in a month and still has fuel pressure. I think an injector leaking down is getting to be more of a possibility.

Could explain the hard restarts too.
 
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BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

That's what I was thinking too. I'm going to pull some plugs and see if anything looks wet
 

Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Re: Gas in the oil

If I hold it wide open it will start and run a little rough until it clears out. This issue dates back to my old typhoon that I gutted, rebuilt everything and swapped into a new truck.

Ya I think this is a clue. When you floor the throttle while starting it goes into flood mode and stops firing the injs. This allows the excess fuel to clear and motor to start. It fires, you let up on it but there is still gonna some excess fuel hence the rough running for a bit after it does start.

Pulling the plugs will, hopefully, help isolate the culprit bit I'd sure be tempted to send all the injs off for diag. I used these folks from recommendations here and had excellent service.

http://www.rceng.com/

HTH
 

T-Bone

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Re: Gas in the oil

Had the exact same issue occur a couple years ago....truck sat in the garage more than driven. Started it one day to take the wife to dinner and noticed it smoked some black smoke (which it never did before). Consumed way more fuel than usual. Was hard to start after it got hot and would only restart with WOT and putter it's way to clear rev's. Oil smelled like fuel. Performance shop diagnosed the #1 injector locked wide open. Replaced it and walla...no future issues.

Find the wet plug and pull the associated injector. 99% sure you will solve your problem.

PS - I would NOT drive your truck until this issue is correctly resolved or your wallet is gonna suffer big-time.
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

Thanks guys! I'm going to pull plugs today and see if any are indicating a stuck injector. (Injectors are pretty new and I had hard starting problem with old injectors too)

T-bone I'm not going to drive the tuck until I figure it out. Everything is fresh and I'm not going to hurt the motor.

Dave, the hard start issue existed in my old truck ad well. (Remember the one that had rpm specific miss fires?). That problem is gone but it still doesn't want to start once it's warmed up and I shut it off. Usually after it does start it throws a code 43 or 42. Can't remember which off hand. I have another complete distributor I can try. I've always had my suspicions a point towards the msd billet dizzy and coil.


I have some data logs of the hard start cranking showing what the truck does when it cranks and tries start. Rpm line looks a w going from 0 to 7000 (still just cranking) and the injectors spray excessive fuel.


It's been an on going issue but I never drive the truck so I just ignore and let the truck sit in garage. I really want to straighten it all out and drive it.
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

Definitely code 42 then Dave. I knew one was EST and one was knock sensor just couldn't remember which was which without looking it up. I have a brand new stock dizzy I can put in. Just sucks I paid all that money for the msd and it's junk. I've replaced the pickup and the ign module in it so I would of liked to believe that's not the problem.

I remember years ago the truck would not start hot at all. I unplugged the msd coil and plugged in the stock one. Fired right up... So I bought a new msd coil. Sounds like I'm creating my own problems!
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

Pulled all the plugs. They're all pig rich black but #1 had a slight amount of visible gas on it. Take into account the truck mostly idles in and out of garage and I haven't driven it much at all.

I cranked the truck with the plugs out (after letting the fuel pressure drop to 0 over night) no raw fuel came out of any of the cylinders. I think I can rule out injectors
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

Clearly there's an issue. I don't want to just throw plugs and oil at it only to ruin them again.
 

92 Ty 1173

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Re: Gas in the oil

Not to jack the thread but Dave, you don't recommend MSD or Taylor,, what so u recommend for wires and dizzy? I run a stock dizy but Taylor wires and haven't had any issues. I have to change out my Sy wires soon, just curious. Thanks.

Like someone said earlier there a few way for gas in you oil. Leaking FPR regulator would make it idle like crap but it would need to dump a ton of fuel that would have to leak past your rings while running. Plus it would have spit fuel at you when you pulled the vacuum line while it was running. I have to agree with dave that it is injector related.
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

It idles pig rich when it starts up cold. I might have to look into the tune and see if I can lean it out during cold idle. It doesn't seem like an injector issue based on what I tried today. I expected to find a cylinder full of fuel when I pulled the plugs. All the plugs looked equally rich with the exception of number 1 having a little gas on the tip.

Since Nolan tuned it I change to the 422 cam (from a 412) but I can't see that fattening it up that much at idle. I really don't want to start throwing parts at it. I want to find something clearly wrong. Like I said early, everything is pretty much new.
 
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Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Re: Gas in the oil

Nicely put Dave. I'll just say that I'm having good luck right now with Delphi wires, stock dist & coil. NAPA cap plus my weird modified rotor. LMK and I'll dig up the picks.
 

BoostedSUV

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Re: Gas in the oil

I ordered a rebuild kit for my accufab afpr (even though I don't think it's the problem). I'm also going to throw new plugs and fresh oil in it. I have a feeling nothing is going to change.
 

RealFastV6

@jb_and_his_coffee
Re: Gas in the oil

I ordered a rebuild kit for my accufab afpr (even though I don't think it's the problem). I'm also going to throw new plugs and fresh oil in it. I have a feeling nothing is going to change.

That's ok we can all wait for next year's thread of the same topic to shotgun suggestions.
 
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