Hey everybody...
Short story: I have gas spilling out of my front carb overflow pipe.
Long story: I drove the car to the gym tonight (5 miles) and when I pulled into
the parking spot, the car was stalling out and begging for gas. I could smell
gas, but not see any underneath the car, although it was pretty dark.
So I go into the gym, work out, come back out expecting to have to call a tow
truck, but the car starts up pretty rough and zooms to life when I give it
heavy gas. I drive home and it's driving great at speed, but when I stop at a
light it starts to sputter and wants to die unless I stomp on the gas.
I putter home, pull in the garage, pop the hood and the front carb overflow is
GUSHING gas. My garage reeks. My HOUSE reeks.
2 things:
1) I feel happy to be alive
2) Is this as simple as buying a new float shut off valve?
These carbs are recently professionally rebuilt and are PRISTINE (+- 500 miles
on them). I open up the float chamber and everything looks fine. The shut off
valve appears fine, but I don't know exactly what I should be looking for on it.
I put in a new fuel pump 2 weeks ago, and this is the first time I have run the
car for than a couple of minutes here and there. I initially thought that there
was a problem with the fuel pump install (air getting in the line or something.
I have noticed that the fuel filter doesn't completely fill up with fuel. Is
this normal?), but when I saw the gushing fuel, I figured that it is pumping
fine.
Anyway... You're all saying, "You idiot! The answer is obvious!" and I'm
saying, "Please tell me what to fix."
Ideas?
Matthew in Phoenix
'67 1600
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