11-28-2020, 03:19 PM | #1 |
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Carb leaking?
I think I may be asking for you all to find a needle in a stack of needles but thought I'd ask anyways. It appears to be leaking fuel someone where around the base of the carb. I've looked and not been able to locate the issue. Wonder if anyone as any ideas? The car is running fantastic, couldn't ask for better, so I really don't want to go messing with anything carb related!
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11-28-2020, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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Re: Carb leaking?
Nothing looks too terribly bad, I’d just take a wrench and a screwdriver and just make sure all the screws, nuts and lines are snugged tight. Not “over tight” but just good and snug!!
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11-28-2020, 06:18 PM | #3 |
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If it isn't the two brass screw in plugs on the front of the bowl, then maybe there is some fuel puddling on top of the throttle plates after the engine is shut off, and then running out of the throttle shaft bores in the base. Especially if the shaft fit is sloppy. Can you wiggle either side of the throttle shaft to check for slop ?
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11-28-2020, 08:49 PM | #4 | |
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11-28-2020, 09:39 PM | #5 |
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Re: Carb leaking?
I had a leak at the throttle base on mine - took forever to find it. Finally replaced the base for one without the throttle rod and problem disappeared.
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11-29-2020, 07:00 AM | #6 |
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11-29-2020, 07:49 AM | #7 |
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I’m 86 and don’t drive my old cars as much as I used to. I started up my ’34 roadster last summer and it wouldn’t idle or run very well. The carburetor had been showing some yellow stains much like yours and I sometimes smelled gas while driving.
I sent the carburetor, Stromberg 97, to Charlie Schwendler and that fixed the problem. The only thing was that when I installed it, I couldn’t get the glass sediment bulb in the right position so I removed it. After I did this, I noticed just a little yellow staining around the carburetor base. I didn’t have a fuel pressure regulator, but I did have a newly rebuilt original Ford fuel pump. I replaced the repro fuel pump with the original type and it solved the problem. The repro fuel pump is a little larger in diameter, so I assume that it produces too much pressure and that the sediment bulb reduced that pressure enough to stop the leaking. |
11-29-2020, 11:59 AM | #8 |
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Re: Carb leaking?
!stford,
What may be occurring is ,when the motor is running, fuel is seeping past the throttle bores and over time soaking the bowl to base gasket. This can occur when the bottom face of the bowl is not truly flat. It is not uncommon ,even with a NOS bowl, to have a low area in the center of the bowls' bottom face. I mill this face and usually find from .005 to .015 out of flat and usually where the vac chamber and throttle bores intersect. My short cut to check for a loose throttle shaft ( about 80 % effective ) is to adjust the brass mixture screws. If turning them in causes the motor to stumble or quit most likely the shaft fit to the base is OK.....OMHO. If it's running good aside from the little leak leave it alone....all flatheads leak at least one kind the fluid. Charlie ny |
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Thanks for the info. The car runs great, it’s probably the beat running old car I have ever owned so turning screws is a bit scary! The only reason the leak bothers me is because it’s causing some paint to peal on the top Of the intake. Other then that it would not bother me. |
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