[NoVa-Corvairs] Thoughts on an issue?

[Bryan Blackwell]

I'll bet it's not the spacer, it's a stuck float and fuel is leaking  
(running) into the carb throat, then out the throttle rod.  Try  
taking the air cleaner off and start the engine briefly and look down  
the throat, if you see lots of fuel that's the culprit.  Sometimes  
the float can be un-stuck with some tapping on the carb right near  
the inlet, but generally this means a carb rebuild, which isn't a  
terribly difficult task.  Rebuilding is usually just a good cleaning  
and new gaskets.

--Bryan

On Jul 7, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Aaron Payne wrote:

> So I get it started, run it for about, oh a minute, and one of the  
> carbs
> starts leaking gas around the bottom of the carb.  ALOT of gas, like a
> mini flood.  I checked the fuel lines and rubber hoses, and it looks
> ok.  It ran fine for an hour or two the last time I started it.  I
> wouldn't think it was the plastic spacer under the carb, but that  
> would
> be the only thing left to check.