just need to know? Is it possible for the gas to drain by the rings?

 

uhh..if your combustion chamber does fill up with gas I wouldn't wanna be around yer car- kaaaaaBOOOM!

I believe your car would run really really shitty if the the cylinder did fill up with gas though...


[Modified by Katman, 7:25 PM 7/31/2001]

 

If you're running rich enough that gas is pooling in the cylinders, then it's going to burn the oil off the cylinder walls, causing excess wear and tear upon the rings, eventually frying them.

 

How do you know if you are running rich or not?

 

Check your spark plugs

 

i know im running rich because i dyno'd the car and its running rich.

My plugs are black. I dont have to worry about the cat, cause i dont have one. Smell i do have one but it smells more like burning oil, yet i dont have low oil levels. I some time have irratic idle, except it tends to dip low? Cant explain that one.

Im more worried about what Raenae said (sp, sorry), We both have the same theory. I can hear some kind of whinning around 3k and above which is where the rich cycle begins. Im afraid the richness isnt allowing the rings to seal properly, along the cylinder wall.

 

For what I said to happen you'd have to be running rich enough that gas was coming out your tailpipe in dribbles, so don't worry too much. If you're just running a little bit rich, try picking up an adjustable FPR and lowering the pressure in 0.5 increments until it runs stoich, or better yet makes max power.

And dude, get a catalytic converter. I hate it when people punch their cats.

 

when your @$$ is puffing black clouds of smoke....

 

...brilliant... look at your bumper if its black from the exhaust fumes.. then bingo!