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Ethanol eats certain kinds of rubber and absorbs water like a sponge. It
doesn't really clog jets and stuff more than debris does.
You might have had some bad gas or some water in the gas.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 8:37 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few
> weeks. I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb. It still acted fuel
> starved though. At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart and cleaned
> it. I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blocking the fuel.
> So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK. I backed it out of
> the garage and only got a hundred feet or so before it died and refused to
> start again. This morning at 8 AM I pulled the carb off again for a more
> thorough cleaning. All fuel passage ways were clear. There was no reason
> for the car to act fuel starved again. I reassembled the carb and put it
> back in. The car runs fine now, but I don't know why. Go figure.
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ethanol eats certain kinds of rubber and absorbs water lik=
e a sponge.=C2=A0 It doesn't really clog jets and stuff more than debri=
s does.=C2=A0=C2=A0<br>You might have had some bad gas or some water in the=
gas.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 8:37 PM Michael MacLean via Spridg=
ets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.ne=
t</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
>as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few week=
s.=C2=A0 I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.=C2=A0 It still acte=
d fuel starved though.=C2=A0 At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart=
and cleaned it.=C2=A0 I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue bl=
ocking the fuel.=C2=A0 So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run O=
K.=C2=A0 I backed it out of the garage and only got a hundred feet or so be=
fore it died and refused to start again.=C2=A0 This morning at 8 AM I pulle=
d the carb off again for a more thorough cleaning.=C2=A0 All fuel passage w=
ays were clear.=C2=A0 There was no reason for the car to act fuel starved a=
gain.=C2=A0 I reassembled the carb and put it back in.=C2=A0 The car runs f=
ine now, but I don't know why.=C2=A0 Go figure.<div id=3D"gmail-m_26694=
19829427975842yMail_cursorElementTracker_1594604167881">Mike MacLean<br><br=
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EmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=3Dym&af_sub1=3DInternal&af_sub2=3D=
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