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Re: carburetor question- SU's

To: "Datsun Club" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: carburetor question- SU's
From: "Jim Svedise" <svedise@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 06:57:44 -0700
Sounds like the fuel pump diaphragm is bad letting the gas flow into the
engine.
Jim
70 2000


> the carbs on the blue roadster I trailered to RA seem to be dumping a
> large
> amount of gas into the engine, glad I didn't run it more than 15 seconds
> or so
> each time I started it... oil was showing almost a quart high...when I
> pulled
> the drain plug to empty the crankcase, reminded me somehow of the night
> before
> my colonoscopy....carbs are Z Therapy, and are late emissions style.
> problem
> with the Grose-Jets?  the line that would on a later roadster go back to
> the
> other inlet on the tank is just capped off by PO... seems I noticed years
> back
> that there is a lot of gas flow back into the tank- could this cause the
> problems? overboosting and no place for excess gas to go? still have early
> single inlet tank in the car. I'm (obviously) not a carb guy and
> appreciate
> any input.
>
> Thanks-
> Craig




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