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Re: [Mgs] carb flooding

To: Bernd <1971mgb@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] carb flooding
From: JAMES F JUHAS <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
Dirt in needle valve.  Just had this happen.  Found a piece of flakey stuff in 
the valve.

Bernd wrote:
> I'm on the road with my 71 B when I noticed that the car was surging, I 
>pulled over and noticed that the HS4 overflow line was spurting gas out of 
>it's line, I took the cover off the float bowls and noticed that the front 
>carb's  float bowl was half full of gasoline and the rear carb's bowl was full 
>of gas to the point of overflowing, I checked the needle's in the float bowl 
>the seemed free, I checked the float they moved freely, I replaced everything 
>and the car seems to be running fine again, any suggestions or comments?
> 71 MGB currently in the mountains of North Caroline
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