Chris -
Make sure that it really is coming from the bottom plug. I thought my
bottom plug was leaking, but it turned out that the float bowl to body seal
had opened up on the manifold side of the carb. Fuel was running down that
side of the float bowl and dripping off of the plug, which is why I thought
at first it was the o-ring. As it turned out, the middle screw on that
side had loosened a bit (vibration?). Anyway, snugging everything back up
solved the problem.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
'77 Midget
On Monday, August 24, 1998 12:32 PM, Chris Fiddes [SMTP:cfiddes@direct.ca]
wrote:
> Hi Steve and listers,
>
> A block from work this morning I got a noseful of gas fumes. When
> I pulled into the garage and took a look underneath I found my ZS
> carb dripping an ungodly amount of fuel.
>
> I replaced the rubber o-ring on the bottom plug about a year ago
> when I had a similar problem. Given that the fuel is coming from the
> bottom plug, is this normal life expectancy for that o-ring or should
> I be looking for other problems?
>
> Geez, since the Challenger accident the words "failed", "o-ring",
> and "fuel" used together make me shudder.
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Chris.
> '75 Midget
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