[Spridgets] Phantom Fix

[derf]

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 at 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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