[TR] Bad Gas?

[Bud R]

I agree with Mark, check the float bowls. It's not that hard to pull  
them with the carbs still on the car. Pull the bowls and dump the  
contents into a white bowl and you'll see if there's crud that could  
be making the float valve have problems. I pull the float bowls before  
every long road trip (e.g. to VTR) as part of my prep list. Only six  
little screws on each float bowl.


Bud Rolofson

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On Feb 10, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Mark J Bradakis wrote:

> Bad gas has a pretty distinctive smell to it.  I imagine that is not  
> the problem.  I'll suggest
> you remove the top covers of the carbs and take a spray can of carb  
> ( or throttle body ) cleaner
> with the plastic tube and direct a good blast down through the jet  
> openings, and make sure there
> is no varnish on the needles.
>
> One can remove the float bowls with the carbs in place, kind of a  
> pain but quicker than removing
> the whole carb.  There may also be some varnish gumming up the inlet  
> valves that a little spray
> cleaner should be able to clean up.
>
> Good luck.
>
> mjb.
>
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