Re: Mike
Posted by Tobs On 2022/9/1 3:38:41
Three weeks ago, I took the caribbean for a nice drive, about 40 miles round trip, and everything ran fine. The car sat in the garage untill yesterday when I wanted to take the whole family out to dinner. (wife, kids and grandma) I had to crank it for a while before gas was in the carb. (I will be installing a pump I had rebuilt at Gould to help with that)
To my surprise and horror (well, it wasn't so dramatic) when the engine started on fast idle and I started to back out of the garage and driveway I left a thick trail of gasoline coming out from under the hood! I pulled back into the garage and shut the car off. Since we had to meet cousins for dinner, I didn't have time to anaylze too closely, but when I opened the hood, I could see the carb was all wet with gasoline.
Today I started the car after taking off the air filter, and everything was fine.
I guess the float on the carb was stuck? I do not see any leaks from the fuel lines or filter or carb, but it looks like the vent on the float bowl may show evedence of fuel coming out there.
What do you guys think?
This one screw does not screw into anything....but I don't think that is too tragic. Any ideas on what else I should look out for? The ceramic fuel filter looks clean. Think the float stuck because of dirt in the needle valve, or perhaps something is tight in the hinge area of the float?
Thanks for any input!
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To my surprise and horror (well, it wasn't so dramatic) when the engine started on fast idle and I started to back out of the garage and driveway I left a thick trail of gasoline coming out from under the hood! I pulled back into the garage and shut the car off. Since we had to meet cousins for dinner, I didn't have time to anaylze too closely, but when I opened the hood, I could see the carb was all wet with gasoline.
Today I started the car after taking off the air filter, and everything was fine.
I guess the float on the carb was stuck? I do not see any leaks from the fuel lines or filter or carb, but it looks like the vent on the float bowl may show evedence of fuel coming out there.
What do you guys think?
This one screw does not screw into anything....but I don't think that is too tragic. Any ideas on what else I should look out for? The ceramic fuel filter looks clean. Think the float stuck because of dirt in the needle valve, or perhaps something is tight in the hinge area of the float?
Thanks for any input!
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