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If you are not an automotive mechanic you should find a professional automotive mechanic to solve this fuel in the oil pan problem for you and determine where the fuel is coming from. This is a very dangerous situation and needs professional help.

It is very possible that the reason your car will not start is that the carburetor has malfunctioned and is dumping massive amounts fuel into the engine and it is ending up in the oil pan. The carburetor could have a float that has stuck open or other problems that would cause all of the fuel to be flowing into the engine. If the dip stick has 10� of fuel on it the engine is almost completely filled with fuel!

It is difficult to tell you what to do because you could easily bend a rod if you turn the engine over to check out the problem if the fuel is collecting in a one or more cylinders. You could also have a massive fuel/oil fire. The car should be moved to an open well ventilated area away from your house and other buildings before doing any work on the car.

If you are automotive mechanic, I think my approach would be to take out all of the spark plugs and then completely disable the ignition so that none of the spark plug wires could possibly make a spark. You could do this by removing the all of the ignition wires from the coil. Any spark could cause a massive fire from gas coming out of the spark plug holes. I would dump the oil and replace with new oil and filter first and expect that as soon as you turn over the engine massive amounts fuel will be dumped back into the engine again. Make sure you have a couple of fire extinguishers ready and then turn the engine over just long enough to look down the carburetor to verify that the carburetor is dumping fuel and determine if it is the front float for the primaries or back float for the secondary. A better solution might be to just remove the carburetor and have it repaired because of the possible fire danger in turning the engine over with the spark plugs removed, but at some point the cylinders will need to be cleared of fuel. Fuel could also be coming from and bad fuel pump that is pumping fuel directly into the pan.

You absolutely want to make sure the engine DOES NOT start with the fuel in the oil pan. If you have been turning the engine over a lot the fuel as already gotten into the oil pump and has been pumped though out the engine. After you determine what�s going on with the carburetor and get it fixed you will need to drain out all of the oil and fuel from the pan and change the filter and add new oil. At that point I would turn the engine over by the starter for awhile with the coil disconnected to flush out all of the fuel that has mixed with the oil and then dump the oil again install a new filter and add new oil. The fuel mixed with oil could be in the engine bearings, hydraulic lifters and most likely circulated though out the complete engine.

After you get the engine started I would run it for a few minutes with out any load at an idle to get it warm and then dump the oil, change the filter and add new oil. If the fuel/oil mixture has been pumped into the hydraulic lifters they may clatter some until the fresh oil gets circulated.

Be extremely careful with the oil that you dump out because the fuel mixed with it make it super volatile and you could easily have a massive fire. I can not emphasize how dangerous the fuel is when it is mixed in with the oil.

Again if you are not an automotive mechanic you should find a professional automotive mechanic to solve this fuel in the oil pan problem for you and determine where the fuel is coming from. This is a very dangerous situation and needs professional help.