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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:10 pm 
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WAt could be making my floats in my daul carbs stick keeps filling my block full of fuel and 110 and castrol is realy starting to brake my wallet

just had them rebuilt too

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel in block
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:37 pm 
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Just a band-aid, but a shutoff valve would save your fuel.

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel in block
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:23 pm 
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are you sure its the floats in the carborator sticking? this may sound stupid but when i was getting fuel in the oil, i thought the same thing, i thought that the carborators were going bad too, but what i figured was happening is, when i would trailer my buggy down the highway the air was going past my header that was sticking straight up, it would create a suction inside the motor, and it would actually suck gas out of the carborator through the cylinder into the crank case. so to solve this problem, everytime i would tow the buggy i would tape a beer can over the header and shut the fuel valve off too. a couple of years ago, i was telling wreckincars about this and he laughed when we got to wellsville one day, he went to start his buggy and the motor locked up. he thought the battery was dead. but i told thim, to pull a spark plug out and crank it. and when he did gas shot out. and he had about a quart of gas in his motor oil. :shock:
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 Post subject: Re: Fuel in block
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:42 pm 
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i have also seen a stock fuel pump go bad and let the gas leak through to the block.i have seen floats have a small hole and fill with gas and weigh down also.just a few more things to look at,ever since the fuel pump got me i dont let my buggy set at all with out turning the fuel off.chad :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel in block
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:49 pm 
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happened to me but was the fuel filler cap that came with my aluminum tank was not vented and it built up pressure and pushed the gas by the needle and seat . noticed a hissing sound and a loud poof when you took the cap off from the pressure


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel in block
PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:01 pm 
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Fix the problem today gasket in the top of the carbs were riped and it was letting fuel from the float bowl leak over all fixed up

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