OK Kids,
Here's the poop.
Car ran beautifully running my existing pump off of the gas can but.........the pressure still dropped after starting at 7 lbs.
I went to CarQuest and bought that $24 OEM pump and put her on...............SAME THING!!!!! Nell (my wife) came out to the garage after I shut the car off and noticed that the Fuel pressure guage was reading 3 lbs without the engine running! Hmmm???, tapped on the guage and it now read 3.25 lbs! So, I have a bad fuel pressure guage.
On the "found others" side, I have #1 and #6 Cylinders Sparkplugs to be black. Cleaned all of the plugs (the rest were fine) and restarted the car. Sounded like a new engine. Ran like a scalded cat!!! Why only #1 and #6....I'm not sure? Also, found my
oil leak on the left side of the car. Car is running 50 lbs of
oil pressure and
oil is splashing up past the baffle on the drivers side valve cover and soaking the air breather to the point that it is dripping on #5 header and left side of the engine compartment! Could I have "blow by" on #1 and #6 cylinders? Is there any special oil that is recommended bor "break-in"? I have Penzoil 10W-40 on standby. I may just change oil and filters just for kicks. I also have (I think) a grounding issue with my fan that is causing my ignition to run after the key is off. Tach goes to 8000 rpm (though engine does not) for about 5 sec then the car shuts off. Doesn't do that with the fan "off".
Lots more fun to come....watch this space. What a great learning experience though!
