stevevanderveer
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Don't let this happen to you! I was driving along when I suddenly smelled fresh fuel, big time. Investigating, I discover gasoline being pumped under pressure out of the left carb vent and all over the engine. Luckily it didn't ignite and I came home safely on the back of a tow truck..... Turns out the plastic float had filled 2/3rds full with fuel - enough to stop floating - and there are absolutely no obvious holes or splits.. Some kind of osmosis maybe??... An effect of the ethanol in our fuel? (here in the U.S. we've only had ethanol blend for many years..)
The other carb float had a much smaller amount inside, but still had some.... Anyone hear of this happening before?
(NADA cars of course didn't use HIF6's - I sourced this set-up years ago in the pre-internet days from an outfit called Roverland in the U.K. I think the dude's name was Adrian Bailey. Don't believe he is still active.... Anyways this is the only trouble I ever had with the carbs....)
The other carb float had a much smaller amount inside, but still had some.... Anyone hear of this happening before?
(NADA cars of course didn't use HIF6's - I sourced this set-up years ago in the pre-internet days from an outfit called Roverland in the U.K. I think the dude's name was Adrian Bailey. Don't believe he is still active.... Anyways this is the only trouble I ever had with the carbs....)