She runs for me... she runs for me not.

I have to admit, I really didn't think it would be such a simple thing as the keyswitch, but that was the problem. Also replaced coil, condenser, rotor, cap, battery ground cable, many assorted wires, and plugs.

After replacing the keyswitch and "brightening and tightening" all my connections, the engine started up almost as soon as I touched the starter, and boy did it purr nicely. My seven-year old boy and I were shouting for joy until we noticed a growing puddle of oil on my previously-clean garage floor. By the time I shut the engine off a pint or more of oil had flowed out around the rim of the oil filter cap. It appears that no oil came out of the filler tube, just around the filter top. It was at least clean oil, because I changed it since the last time the engine ran in May.

I took off the filter top and reseated the single gasket (should there be more gaskets) around the edge, then tightened it down. I suspect I may not have had it tightened down real well.

Then I flipped the switch back on and pressed the starter button, and it cranked very SLOWLY as if laboring hard, with a wheezing noise... and a liquid, I'm not sure oil or gas, oozed up around one of the spark plugs with each rotation. I tightened the spark plug, but decided not to press my luck today... does anyone know what happened? Could there be more to the oil spill than a poorly seated gasket? Why did my cylinders suddenly get full of something that my strong starter could barely push against?

BTW, for those who are wondering why it takes me a couple of weeks to replace a keyswitch, my seven-year old is the oldest of five... the youngest is ten months...

Thanks!

Andy

Pull all your sparkplugs and then turn it over so you can pump all of what evers in the combustion chamber out of your engine.

I don't really think there is a relationship between the loose oil filter cap and what is bound up with your pistons. I think you probably blew your head gasket. Sometimes, just setting for a time, the headgasket drys out, Or it could have just been its time to go.....sigh....

I'm assumeing that you're compentent enuff to figger out how to pull your cylinder head off. 1) do it before your piston rings rust to the cylinder walls
2) drain your anti-freeze
3) drain your oil, it full of anti-freeze
4) check your cylinder head for warpage. 5) replace your head gasket
6) torque the head bolts/nuts in the proper sequence.

Tend to your engine as soon as you can..... .Dell

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