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ldj1002
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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:34 pm Post subject: Gas leak from carb |
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| Drove thing today. Haven't been driving lately but a few miles every 3 to 5 weeks. Over 100* today so I decided to open hood to see if I could determine if engine was too hot, temp seemed OK. But I noticed gas dripping from throttle shaft. I don't see how gas would even be there with engine not running. I did notice it wasn't idling good today so I went back an adjusted carb but it didn't help much if any. Did get idle speed up a little which kept it from dying when I came to stop. I rebuilt carb a little over a year ago and throttle shaft was good and only drove since then about 100 miles. I think throttle shaft fit should still be good. Since no seal is there gas would drip if gas was up there but none should be there. Any ideas? |
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74 Thing
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Gas leak from carb |
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| Pull off carb top-check the float and the needle/seat |
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ldj1002
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Gas leak from carb |
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| 74 Thing wrote: |
| Pull off carb top-check the float and the needle/seat |
Will do. It'll be a few days. Going to dentist tomorrow to get teeth pulled and dentures  |
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ldj1002
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:54 am Post subject: Re: Gas leak from carb |
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| 74 Thing wrote: |
| Pull off carb top-check the float and the needle/seat |
I did and I see nothing wrong. Float has no gas in it and needle seats good. I did notice in carb just under carb top it was wet with gas there. The leak stops before all gas is gone from bowl. |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Gas leak from carb |
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| Busdaddy on the Bay forum came up with a way to bleed excess fuel back to the tank aftershut down. You might search up his old post and see what he did. |
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