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Hi all,

I have another hopefully small problem... Yesterday the fuel pump packed it in, and while determining the problem I removed the air filter and to my surprise a very large amount of oil come out of the filter. I took the air filter apart (as it has three sections) and all throughout he filter was oil everywhere. How does the problem occur? and how do I fix this problem?

Manny thanks

Problem solved, Russpackaus advised that its an oil bathed air filter

I'm sorry. I just had to laugh. I took it for granted that everyone was familiar with oil bath air cleaners. That's like saying " I found a lot of gas in the tank at the rear of the car, How do I fix this"?

ive seen some fairly smart people be mystifyed by oil bath air cleaners.

I don't know what year car packard34 is speaking of, but I'd have to guess that it's a 34. A factory oil bath air filter for these are indeed rare; they were not standard equipment and a quite uncommon item. The standard filter (for Eights) was the straight-barrel type with an oiled mesh at the forward end.

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Dave,

In this instance it'd be his '55 Caribbean since it's posted in the V8 Forum. But not to worry, he does go by the monicker of packard34 of which he has one and is currently getting the engine rebuilt.

And Mat,

The Owner's Registry? I think I was quite gentle with you on Sunday. It's about time the Caribbean made it into the Registry to help keep the '34 company there!