Rich -
If your choke is on and your engine isn't fully warmed up, this is normal.
The problem is you don't have the petrol drain pipe installed on your car,
thus the gas is leaking onto your exhaust manifold. You can see the pipe
you are missing as #32 on the moss motors website:
http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28856
Best,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Richard Antal <rantal243@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Greetings Healeyphiles,
> After a brief drive yesterday in my BJ8, I noticed a
> strong smell of fuel eminating from under the hood.
> There was gasoline dripping out of the manifold and
> vaporizing when landing on the exhaust pipe. There was
> no flow from the fuel bowl overflow pipes. What may be
> the cause of this worrisome state of affairs? Thanks,
> rich antal
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