Hi Peter,

You have a keen memory. It is, in fact, the unstartable B20. But it's started now, finally. There has been no undue smoke from the engine. It did smoke a bit at first, but that's all from the header coating burning off. The toxic fumes gave that away. As a side note, POR-15 says this is the "curing" process of their exhaust paint. Funny, but it's all flaking off!! Maybe I'll go the Jet-hot route in a year or so.

Anyway, I changed the oil yesterday before starting it up again, and checked it afterwards. It was a shorter drive, but the oil was not as watery in consistancy as it was at first. The oil that was drained out did look like it was made of two substances, but I did not look for the evaporation as Steve suggested. I should have. But I imagine that as the rings seat, the gas getting into the oil will be eliminated.

As for the tranny oil, It only leaks when the engine is running or shortly after. I don't know if this indicates any one symptom, though. I'm going to keep a very close eye on that, though. The words "Laycock de Normanville" are not proper english for inexpensive, that's for certain!!

Thanks again