Hey Jaydee,
I agree with Wrenchbender; they just run that way. Some dinging put a newer 235 fuel pump on my '54 235 and there was gas running everywhere. Must of had 7 lbs of fuel pressure that the Rochester 1 bbl could not contain. After a rebuild or two and even a remanufactured Rochester it still flooded, soooooo I decided that the fuel pump suxxed and found my old double-action AC and now she is very happy with a little in the bottom of the clear filter bowl.
I've heard that the old pumps put out about 3-4 lbs of fuel pressure, just enough to get up to the filter so that the downdraft can pull in what is needed to run and the bit of fuel in the bottom is just what it did not use.
Does your filter bowl get more fuel in it when you kill the engine? That would just be the pressured fuel in the line from the pump dumping into the filter bowl.
Good luck with it!
David
