'83 seca 550

ok,
1st issue (solved), fuel shutoff valve broken. this caused more than
a weekend of frustration. the vacum fuel shutoff from manifold had
been sucking gas right outta the tank, not opening the fuel supply.
the result (first missdiagnosed as sticky float neadle) was that it
was flooded. extremly difficult to start, when it did, it would run
ten seconds of so then start belching out gas (dirty/oily gas), then
choke n die. allright. fix that. how much gas has this thing drank?
has it choked all it back up? ??? with this fuel supplyline switchy
thing fixed. we try to start again... same. starts way tooo hard,
runs olny with full throttle sputtering to a build up only puke up an
oily gassey mess. yup. then descide to drain the oil, hmmm, could
there be too much oil in here? ?? what drains out is more gas than
oil, maybe close to four litres of it. thats where the pretty little
stands right now...
my question is this, did this whole episode blow out some sorta oil
seal or something? could too much oil in have blown a seal (like that
old vw i once had). would suckin down that much perol result in that
sorta action, expectedly? is it ok? just pust some fresh oil in it
and good? or does that hypothetically blown seal have to be replaced?

 

seal or something? could too >much oil in have blown a seal (like that
old vw i >once had). would suckin down that much perol >result in
that sorta action, expectedly? is it ok? >just pust some fresh oil in
it and good? or does >that hypothetically blown seal have to be

You probably didn't blow a seal out because your engine has a crankcase
breather system that lets excess air pressure escape into the airbox...

You probably have an oil-soaked air filter at this time, and oil in the
airbox. Look for a hose at the bottom of the airbox which might be
there. It might be like an appendix, no outlet. If you have a hose like
that, drain it, and clean your air filter...

The worse thing that can happen when you have a crankcase full of
gasoline is an explosion. That happened to a guy I know. His carb float
didn't shut off the gas properly and the gas leaked into his oil pan.
When he tried to start the engine, the gas in the pan exploded and blew
the pan right off the engine...

Another bad problem with gas in the oil is that it doesn't lubricate
your bearings very well, it allows metal to metal contact between the
crankshaft and the bearings and they wear quickly...

So, I would recommend cleaning the air filter and airbox, draining the
appendix, refilling the engine with oil and go ahead and start it and
let the oil circulate good before you rev the engine up to high RPM...

 

Please discover the SHIFT key on your keyboard. It's a >wonderful
thing.

i dunno about that period don marquis apostrophe tales of archy the
giant cockroach who couldn apostropthe t hold down the shift key while
jumping on typewriter keys are still copyrighted and in print after
nearly 90 years period

http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/index.html

Then there was Ernest Hemingway who wrote whole novels without any
punctuation at all I think he did that in a book called The Green Hills
of Africa or some such It was up to the reader to guess where sentences
begans and ended And he was a very successful writer