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Re: Gas in sump

To: "Dennis N Culligan" <dncullig@us.ibm.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Gas in sump
From: "Ken Davis" <ken.davis@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:06:38 -0800
Dennis,
better guess is a stuck-open needle valve in the carbs.  That's what it was
in mine. A tough job to finally correct; involved replacing the valves with
the old ones, and using a small, slow drill, I rotated the valve a number of
times to 'reseat' it..

Ken
73 TR6 - CF7000U0
(Almost) Daily Driver
Not Concours Condition, but PDG!


>     After trolling the archives, it appears there are at least 2 reasons
> for gas to get into the sump: 1. Stuck float valve in carb(s), or 2. Bad
> fuel pump.  If my sump is FULL of gas (ie. it's well up the dipstick), I
> guess I should assume it's the fuel pump?  I plan to drain the oil/gas
> tomorrow, I'm just wondering what I should plan on fixing afterwards.




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