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Old 06-09-2017, 01:13 PM
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Just replaced vacuum petcock with manual one carb is pouring gas (not just leaking) out of top left orifice could this be related Where the arrows point is spot it's pouring from
 
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Old 06-10-2017, 09:35 AM
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I'm wondering if you don't have a blockage of some sort farther down the inlet line somewhere, and where it's leaking, is the easiest path for the gas to escape from.
 
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I've taken the carb apart and it was clean as a whistle fuel line obviously is working the vacuum lines have been capped
 
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ive tried uncapping and capping vacuum line same result
 
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I'm wondering if you don't have a blockage of some sort farther down the inlet line somewhere, and where it's leaking, is the easiest path for the gas to escape from.
Ty so much I unhooked one hose and she stopped lol prolly ain't hooking that thing back up
 
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Old 06-10-2017, 02:16 PM
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Let's see a pitcha. The engineers generally had a pretty good idea of when a hose was needed :-D
 
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Float height adjusted properly? Float sticking? If bowl is overfilling fuel will leak out of that passage. After looking at that pic, the cracked and dry rotted fuel line should be replaced.
 
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