I had this as well.
Replacing the red rings under this cap will solve this.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc <smarc@abs.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: cap coming off su carb
> Hello -
>
> The other day, I was driving my 73 B, and it started popping. Felt like
> a little balloon popping under the accellerator. Got worse & worse, till
it
> was happening 6-8 times in a row. Pulled over and checked under the hood,
> found the cap on the rear carb sticking out. Screwed it back in, and
> was on my way, no more problems. 10 - 15 minutes later, it began again.
>
> Now, it's happening very often. I inspected the threads on the cap
> and the body of the cylinder it screws in to, but they look fine.
>
> I recently topped up the carbs with 20W50 oil, not overfilled, and
> it was fine for days after that.
>
> Any ideas what could be going on here?
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