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there is a lot of oil squirting up when the spark plug is removed is this normal?i mean its a LOT!
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No, not normal. Are your lines for fuel, vacuum and oil hooked up right?
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yes all are hooked up right.it does run though but it doesnt have any power. do you know why there is no power and too much oil and how to fix it?
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How's the oil pump when at idle, is oil dribbling out?
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yes oil is leaking out. i was wondering why.
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... is oil dribbling out the outlet hose, or out the bottom of the pump? If oil is dribbling out of the bottom of the pump, at the gear input, that would be filling your lower chamber with oil, which would then get pumped up top. That would also explain why it's cranking hard; the piston is trying to compress the oil at the bottomend.
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Remove and check the oil pump assembly. The inner 'O' ring may be shot. Only takes a short time to check and that sounds like the logical place to start.
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ok, i guess im an idiot. i go to pull out the oil pump last night an the what im assumeing is a vacume line that comes out of the intake is disconnected. i put it back on and take the spree out at about 10 and now it has power.
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Rule #1: Check the obvious
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