Re: Carter Carb fuel leak

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2020/5/30 0:45:51

John, Glad to hear your fuel problem is (or sounds like)resolved. I got my carb back from the rebuild house here in Canada that I had mentioned in earlier posts. Installed it and went to start the engine and there was gas all over the place!! ^%$%^&^%$#@#$!!!! My that burns me!! It actually leaks way worse than before I took it to him. I took it off AGAIN and returned it to the guy with my politest 'please fix this fricking thing' and am supposed to be picking it up this coming Wednesday. I'll see what he has to say. In the guy's defense, and to be honest, I do have an electric fuel pump mounted at the tank. I think it's 5-8 PSI and I thought with it pushing all the way from the tank it would lose a couple of pounds and not be 'too much' for the carb. Maybe this is the issue. I just use the electric as a booster to start the engine and then turn it off and let the cam pump do the job. And before, this was no issue. It didn't leak at startup, but would start to drip after it had run for a bit. With the engine being warm, the minimal drips would evaporate and the heat plate would remain dry. Then, after the engine was shut off, the drips would continue for a bit and with the engine cooling off, the gas would pool on the plate. Now, as soon as I hit the switch for the electric pump to start, the gas POURS out (looks like the top of the bowl) and I am afraid to even start the car. I'll report back after the carb guy gives me his findings. He apparently has a dynomometer(sp?) that he 'runs' the carbs on to see that they are performing and he said he was going to test it at 3, 4 & 5 PSI and see if it overpowered the needle and seat. Chris.