When to shut off fuel

[michael a]

When to shut off fuel? Tell us when you shut off the fuel on your car or truck?

[Mike V. Florida]

Never

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

Never

all the time!

[3.6rs]

Every time I cut off the engine.

[johnbuckley]

I turn if off about 20 seconds before I switch the ignition off

[1929]

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Originally Posted by johnbuckley

I turn if off about 20 seconds before I switch the ignition off

x-2

[kbinde2]

I try to shut the valve off after every drive, letting the engine run to the first sign of "fuel-starvation".. the turn the key off. Both spark and idle levers go to a full up position. When I do a start-up I redo the whole procedure.. I guess the routine is a bit much, but so far works for me.!

[Ray64]

When I turn in the drive 400 ft. to the barn and on the lift. Then she quits

[Anteek29]

I do the same procedure as kbinde2.

[Jacksonlll]

If you don't turn it off, there is the chance that you could fill your garage with all the fuel in your tank due to just a stuck float valve. Turn it off and sleep well.

[crumbaa]

We have started turning it off after every drive after we has a brass float in our Tilly develop a crack, and drain a full tank out on to the floor.

[Dollar Bill]

Turn it off if it will sit more than 30 minutes. Run fuel out if parking for several days.

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Dollar Bill

Turn it off if it will sit more than 30 minutes. Run fuel out if parking for several days.

yup me too!

[copgib]

How is going Dollar Bill? I have been working on my Model A little by little. Hugh

[1928Mik]

Like Dollar Bill says. I turn valve and let the engine die, then shut key off. No fuel in bowl, no chance of leakage in garage.

[smittykid]

Originally Posted by 1928Mik

Like Dollar Bill says. I turn valve and let the engine die, then shut key off. No fuel in bowl, no chance of leakage in garage.

Just make sure your valve under the tank isn't leaking. On one of my Tudors I would shut the gas valve off & let it run till it quit. Next morning I would still smell gas in the garage. Turns out the valve had a very small leak. I bought a valve rebuild kit just to find out that the repop gas valves can't be rebuilt-just the originals(or so I've been told). Got a new repop gas valve-problem solved.

[Lona]

I turn it off just before pulling into the garage. That way, it quits before filling up the building with exhaust fumes. I used to get confused about what position was open or closed until reading a hint from someone else on the forum. He said; the valve is open when it's like a rocket in a vertical position ready for takeoff.

Glen

[Keith True]

I just automaticly shut mine off whenever I stop the car and get out.When I was a kid an old woman with an A told me,down and out.If the handle is hanging straight down the fuel is going out.Now I do have a couple of old aftermarket shutoffs,where the lever position is reversed.Parallel to the tank is on,and straight down is off.I don't know where they came from,I got them in buckets of A stuff years ago.I would guess JC Whitney,as the man that had them died long before Ricks came along.

[DJ S]

As I'm pulling into the garage, I turn it off.

[Dick Steinkamp]

The "Instruction Book" makes no mention of the fuel shut off valve. I would think that if it was important to turn it off every time you stopped that it would be mentioned.

Henry moved the valve under the hood in May of 1931. I doubt if the owners opened the hood and shut off the valve every time the car was stopped.

I guess it doesn't hurt to do it...unless it wears the valve out quicker. How often to we check the valve to insure it is actually turning off the fuel?