[Healeys] HS4 float chamber gaskets

[Oudesluys]

John,

New gaskets (and also used gaskets for that matter) should be soaked in 
oil (some prefer water) for a while before fitting. During the soaking 
they soften up and swell a bit and thus will mate better to the surfaces 
to be sealed.

Kees Oudesluijs
NL


John Spaur schreef op 22-9-2014 22:43:
> I noticed a little fuel around the lid of the float bowl where the gasket
> sits on two carbs. I replaced the gaskets with similar new black ones that
> are slightly oversized (the hang past the lid). They failed as if they were
> wicking gas from the bowl onto the bowl gasket mating surface. The fuel was
> not coming from the overflow or leaking at the lines. I made new gaskets and
> it solved the problem.
>
>   
>
> How can brand new gaskets fail like this? They were not damaged and the lid
> and bowl mating surfaces were not damaged either.
>
>   
>
> John Spaur
>
> '62 BT7
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