Re: Boiling gas

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2019/4/28 1:07:32

Hi Paka40,

David (the Flackmaster) has given you a good lead - easy to check: is your heat riser free? Up is closed, down is open - should be down when the engine is warm. You say 'boiling', is it possible it is just bubbling?? The reason I ask is I just rebuilt a six in a '39 and the head gasket was bad, allowing compression to 'leak' into the cylinder beside and that compressed air was pushed back through the intake, causing bubbles and back pressure in my fuel line. The pressure would equalize with what the fuel pump could put out and the car would stall. Let it sit for 30 seconds and the pressure would bleed off and it would start right up again, only to repeat the same cycle, ad nauseam. I thought the gas was 'boiling', but it wasn't. Chris