[Healeys] HD8 Carb leaking

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Sat May 28 13:21:55 MDT 2016


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Mr. Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
please forgive odd words and auto corrects as   my phone cannot understand
my misspellings
On May 28, 2016 12:11 PM, "Bluehealey" <bluehealey at gmail.com> wrote:

> The HD8 jet is contained in a flexible diaphragm. It is quite likely that
> you have a pinhole leak in the diaphragm that is weeping a small amount of
> fuel. Replacement (of the jets) is the only solution. Do both jets at the
> same time because both will be the same age.
> Carbs have to come off the manifold I'm afraid.
>
> Alan - from my iPad
>
> > On 28 May 2016, at 13:28, Achim Spethmann <hspethmann at t-online.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > You know the good feeling, when you turn the key and the fuel pump is
> clicking to fill the carburetors.
> >
> > But some days ago, when testing some electrical stuff, I had a smell of
> gas in the garage. No, it's not the float chamber. There is no gas coming
> out the overflow tube and the fuel pump stops its work. But when I
> inspected the carbs I saw some wet sparkling a the bottom of the front
> carb. Not much, no dripping, but enough to cause a smell of gas in the
> engine compartment. When the car is hot, you cannot see it, the gas is
> evaporating.
> >
> > I took the attached photo to show what I mean. Where should I begin to
> find out what causes the leak?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Achim
> >
> > 1964 BJ8 MK III
> >
> > <IMG_9333S.jpg>
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