i have posted a couple of questions about my ed xr6 running rough and have still not yet had any luck in getting it to run any better,i have decided to pull the engine out as i have to pull the sump of due somthing foreign falling in there,when i drained the oil it was very thin and smellt of petrol,it was also about 3 litres overfull,does any 1 know why the oil could be mixed with the petrol,i had semi low oil pressure as well when it was idling which i am assuming was from the thin oil,any help greatly appreciated

Maybe a lack of compression due to worn rings and also allowing petrol to seep into the oil. Petrol in the oil isnt a good sign in anyones book.

before you pull the moter out do a compression test you might find abad cyl .good starting point.

compression test cfame up good,it was only running for a total of ten minutes,i have just recently done the head on it and the bearings and rings were ok,not sure wat else it could be,it was sittin for about a year so i cleaned the injectors and it still has year old fuel in the tank

perhaps a tank of fresh fuel would be a good start..

yeah. new oil new fuel .take it for a drive and blow some of the cobwebs out.

cheers fellas,the motors out so i have to take sump off to pull out the foreign object i dropped then i will put it back and fresh fuel and oil to go in,keep yas posted