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I'm worrying I may have messed up my engine. I went to start my 64 MG. She didn't start right away and I heard the fuel pump clicking. Because of that I let it pump for a moment thinking the bowls may have been dry. I let it pump for maybe 8-10 seconds.Then tried to start again. Engine was hard to turn over like the battery was weak. Acted like it was meeting resistance to turn. I looked under the hood and gas is dripping out of the front carb. (filter was off) and the pump was still clicking. Appears the choke stuck open. I pulled the plugs and cranked the engine and a some gas spit from the front cylinder. Put it back together and later took her out. Now I get some knocking at 3000+rpm with engine under load. It's not loud but there. I think when I cranked it with liquid gas in the cylinder and it tried to compress it, I may have bent a rod or done some other damage? What do you guys think?

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change oil & filter...flush real good...replace oil with Castrol 20W50 & a can of Sea Foam...see what happens
 
To go along with Tony's suggestion, did you check your oil level after you heard the knock? A substantial rise in level means you pumped gas into the crankcase, and thinned out the oil.
You may just get lucky. I've seen that happen, with a subsequent oil pan explosion that was pretty spectacular!
Jeff
 
I checked the oil and it did seem a little high. My second thought was that maybe the gas got by the rings and thinned the oil. The knocking doesn't seem to start until the car gets good and warm so I was thinking the knocking might be caused by thinned oil. Time for an oil change anyway.
 
That's what I meant when I said that you may have gotten lucky, in that the knock was caused by the thinning of the oil, rather than hydraulic damage.
Jeff
 
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