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| | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 | on my 51 with the updraft carb setup the carb is leaking fuel from the bottom of bowl ...anybody have any ideas whats wrong | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 477 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 477 | yaknow. water sometime gets into the fuel system and settles in the bottom of the bowl. when it gets cold.......
isn't there a plug in the bottom of some of those?
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they have what you need in stock. i'm not sure about shipping, but koolkar (bless his heart) lives only abut 25 miles from van's and has family in kentucky, so......... | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 50 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 50 | Double check ,probly the float is to high or crap in needle valve and filling bowl to high. Just my 2 cents
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 | there is a place in the bottom of bowl where its leaking that is bossed like maybe a plug whent in there but ive never seen another to know what it supposed to look like | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 | Hi Low,(sounds funny)
I just came across the same thing. Is it leaking when running or when turning over. If it is running then it is a float problem. If it is while turning over it is unused gas and not to worry about. They make a place on updraft carbs cause the unused gas can't run up as it would be and if unused it needs to escape from the carb. My truck doesn't do it when it is healthy, just when I was turning it over a bit on first start-up some time back. Hope that helps. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 35 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 35 | I had the same type of problem on my old farm tractor this morning. It wouldn't leak until it was shut off, but ran really rough. New needle valve and seat cured the problem. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 | it mainly leaks while sitting ...ive never seen it leak while running ........... | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 | I think if the float is too high you will have a moist gasket and a little seapage around the seam of the two carb halfs. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 | it seems to be coming from the very bottom of the carb bowl there is a small inbossment there i almost thought there was supposed to be a plug there | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 | It is probably a high float, but is your gasket damp? and the sides of the carburator moist? If not, then it should be internal. Could you have a pin hole in the casting? I have one in mine, but it doesn't effect anything where it is on mine. | | |
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