car wont start

before I changed the oil, I would crank it and I would get like a fine mist cloud out of the carb, and gas smell in the garage

I remember that, and the 25 psi caught my attention.
I almost hate to say this, but a non seating intake valve could do that, because it would blow the compressed air by the valve and shoot your fuel/air mixture back out of the carb.
Makes em run horrible when this happens because it affects the other cylinders by disrupting the intake charge.