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Old 12-15-2023, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by i82much View Post
I did a very thorough engine flush on an old 396 once. I flooded the engine with about a gallon of raw fuel and went for a 30 minute drive ... finally noticed a strong fuel smell and that my oil pressure was about half of what it normally was ... drained the oil/gas mixture, refilled, and the engine ran better than ever before. Worked like a charm!!! Just glad I didn't somehow get an errant spark in the crankcase while I was driving it ...
That wasn't oil pressure, it was fuel pressure.

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