Re: Fuel/Carburetor Issue Help

Posted by HH56 On 2022/11/24 22:53:40

From the steady dripping, looks as if fuel is overflowing the float bowl so the float valve may not be closing. It could be the float sprung a leak and sank to the bottom of the bowl so the valve is being kept open. The carb could have taken some kind of hit and float was knocked off a pivot and is now stuck and cannot move to close the valve. If you have an electric pump it could be the output pressure is too high and is forcing the valve off the seat. If the car has recently been put back in service some of the old rebuild kits had rubber tip valves and some of those rubber compounds do not like ethanol or additives found in modern fuel so the valve could be damaged.

Less likely but also a possibility is a fuel input screen in or even before the carb is missing or damaged and some kind of debris has gotten into the carb and is keeping the valve from sealing against the seat. Again, if recently back in service there could have been something in the carb that floated up or dislodged and is causing a problem.