[badchev69]

acutally i was talkin about the odd shaped tab tac welded in between the ground strap and filter. Its hard to see because its painted. Ive never seen this before so it struck me as odd. The freeze plugs have that overheating compound on them (visible in pic, looks like quarter) so it must have been a crate. basically if overheated these are supposed to fall off voiding the warantee.

Anyways i think im still having a problom but tracked it down finnaly, seems the mechanical fuel pump has gone bunk and has been passing fuel into the block.... Project for today, new pump and yet another oil change!