[Roadsters] carb oil--how much?

[Keith0alan at aol.com]

I don't remember if it is officially a weekly or monthly check item but it  
takes a long time for it to go down. It doesn't leak out the bottom. It will 
not  go away from sitting. The oil slowly gets lost between the piston and dome 
and  leaks down into the carb. I'll bet there are some here that haven't been 
topped  up in years. 
 
keith
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2008 5:19:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ljordan704 at netscape.net writes:

Keith,
How long should the oil last? Can it leak out?  
Thanks,
Linda







-----Original  Message-----
From: Keith0alan at aol.com
To: tputland at charter.net;  datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 5:09 pm
Subject:  Re: [Roadsters] carb oil--how  much?










It takes about a tablespoon  of oil. If you look on the "tighten by hand" it  
should have level  marks. If not look down the hole and you will see a ring. 
Fill  to  just below that level. If you get a little too much it will leak 
into  
the  carb and go away with no significant effect.  

keith


In a message dated 8/29/2008 1:41:37 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time,  
tputland at charter.net writes:

I get a   fair amount of stumble when the car is not warmed up. I check the 
pots and  I  seem to have one that does not have enough oil in it. I did some 
 
poking around  and was not able to find out how much I will need to  put in. 

How can  one tell if the pot is full enough?

Is is  possible to overfill and thus  have a detrimental  affect?

TIA

Tim
Belleville, WI.
'70 SPL  AND  SRL
Still clueless but always   learning








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