Good evening friends. I did ID my engine size, it is a 292 strait 6. I replaced the starter this afternoon, it now spins over and fires up so fast, after I adjusted the choke on the carburetor. I didn't know how to do that but saw it on a you tube.
F/U from my previous post, I bought a vacuum gauge but I don't know where to put the hose. I placed it in the rear of the valve cover where the PCV that goes to the carb is.
The gauge did not read anything but when I removed it from the valve cover hole the engine stopped.
I also put the hose located at the front of the valve cover into the breather. That is the one I saw oil residue blowing out of. (that might help). Also the engine is idling well it is not steady (it slows down and speeds up some regularly. There is also a vacuum port coming from what I think is the choke spring. I put my finger of the opening and there is vacuum but does not seem to affect the motor idle.
I changed the oil and filter. Next I want to check the cylinder compressions.From there I should be a able to determine why and where the oil is blowing out from.
Any advice is welcome.
Last edited by glennj3; 01/24/2023 12:53 AM.
