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Pages: 1 | 2 | >> (show all) VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Gas pains       #395979 - 04/03/09 11:44 AM Attachment (48 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   And I'm not referring to the kind of gas pains you get from a cheap burrito. I'm making this thread to show just what can happen to a carburetor when it's been exposed to a batch of bad gasoline. I recently had a customer contact me about some issues they were having with a carb I'd built for them about a year ago. After a brief discussion I told them to send the carb back in and I'd go over it to see what the problem was. I suspected the carb had fallen victim to fuel contamination. Here's what I found when the front bowl came off. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395980 - 04/03/09 11:45 AM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here's inside the bowl. (Digits courtesy of my lovely assistant Rachel) -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395981 - 04/03/09 11:47 AM Attachment (37 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is the fuel filter cavity on the float bowl. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395982 - 04/03/09 11:48 AM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is the fuel filter itself. Plugged solid. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395983 - 04/03/09 11:49 AM Attachment (24 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is what I was greeted by when the secondary bowl came off. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395984 - 04/03/09 11:51 AM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is the secondary float bowl sans the float. Note that there are literally flakes of corrosion & debris on the bottom of the bowl. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395985 - 04/03/09 11:53 AM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is what was left of the accellerator pump diaphram. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395986 - 04/03/09 11:54 AM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Here is what I found in one of the main wells when I removed the jets. It was nearly completely clogged. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       VintageMusclecar Reged: 07/13/03 Posts: 1759 Loc: Ohio Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395987 - 04/03/09 11:56 AM Attachment (32 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Note the IFR (idle feed restrictor) on the right of the picture--it was almost completely blocked off by corrosion. -------------------- Carburetor Rebuild & Restoration Engine & Driveline Parts & Services www.vintagemusclecarparts.com Post Extras:       mockingbird812 Reged: 06/04/04 Posts: 5731 Loc: Puh-hone-icks ('Buckeye' born ... Re: Gas pains [Re: VintageMusclecar]       #395988 - 04/03/09 11:59 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   thanks for the graphic photos! CSI Eric!! -------------------- Sam Fire all of yer guns at once and... explode into space! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | >> (show all)

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