I have 2 questions : 1 Took the car out out for the first time from the winter blues and she started fine when I took it for a ride it was running rough and shaking at around 50 MPH , I took off the air filter off and there was oil on one of the carbs and the filter .What does that mean ? 2 The car is leaking gas slightly from the sender at the gasket where the wire connects , is there a way to replace rubber gasket or do I have to install a new sender.
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You can replace the gasket.
Here's my list of assumptions:
Oil in the carb: there's a breather hose attached to the top of that air filter, correct?
Check the oil level and see if it's not way too high.
If way too high, smell it. Is it gassy?
If it's too high and gassy, drain it and refill to the proper level with new oil.
What probably happened, in that case, is one of your carbs' float bowls overflowed during the winter slumber, and fuel poured down the manifold, into the cylinder, past the rings and into the crank case. When you started up, the crank case was over pressurized and as you drove the car it made more pressure, so the breather system allowed some of that oil to vent out the hose in the top of the carb, back into the carb, where it fouled everything up.
No big deal really. Oil change, a little Gumout and you should be good to go. Worst thing in this case would be a new needle & seat--carb rebuild.
OH, and: check your fuel pressure. If you have Webers you need it to be no more than 3.5 psi. For 1 barrel carbs, I think the spec is 1.5.
Again...long chain of guesses here. Sorry if I'm way off base.
Thanks for the info I will get on it
drain gas,add new gas and maybe some cleaner and give it an EYEtalian tune up...
all my tools i let gas run out and then refill when needed, my chainsaw, weedeater usually start on 2nd pull after a long nap..
