[TR] Carb pot empty

[David Porter]

Moss part # 365-425   number 11 in catalog carb page


On 8/12/2016 8:56 AM, Jonas Payne wrote:
> o-ring is shot allowing oil to seep past it.
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR Consulting Services, LLC
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> Subject: [TR] Carb pot empty
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> Hello list,
>
> Have not received any email from the list for weeks, so I am not sure this
> will get anywhere.
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>
> 1972 Triumph TR6.  Carbs rebuilt quite a while ago by Paltech.
>
>
> Twice this summer, the first after a long drive to a car show, and just
> tonight after being away on vacation for two weeks, I go to check the pot
> oil and the pot oil in the carb towards the front of the car is empty.  Dry,
> zilch.  Fill it up, drive no issues.  In the previous incident, I drove for
> over two months of the summer and it never happened.
>
>
> Anyone have any insight into what is causing this?  You see no pot oil under
> the carb so its not leaking.  My thought is that some rubber gasket in that
> carb has reached its useful life.  Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Craig
> 1972 Triumph TR6
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