>I was going to say check your floats, and overflow lines, but that applies
>to
>SU's. If you have a weber downdraft, I can't offer much help other than
>what
>you've already done - look for leaks everywhere. Is the carb a dual barrel
>progressive?? I used to have one on my VW, so if it is, I might know
>something
>there. My guess is you ahve a tuning issue with the weber, and possibly a
>bad
>float there too - don't know if there's an overflow on it or not, but
>gaskets,
>needles, jets etc. are all things to check.
>
>Phil Bates
>
Yes, it is a progressive... It could be too rich. Do you have a good way
of adjusting. The instruction that came with it say nothing. I just turn
it until it sounds/runs good.
Jesse
>Jesse Robinson wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > When the top is up and the windows are rolled up I can smell gas. Which
> > makes it a real drag for winter driving. I did installed a new SU fuel
>pump
> > a while back, and didn't tighten the gas pipe hard enough the first time
> > around. I found it to be leaking slightly - tighten it until it stopped
>and
> > thought that was the problem. Well, I still smell it... I ran the
>engine
> > for a while and gave a good look under the car, and nothing was leaking.
> I
> > followed the fuel line and didn't see anything out of the ordinary
>(didn't
> > check really good around the tranny though...). I also gave a quick
>look in
> > the trunk. Nothing seemed to be leaking...
> >
> > Any ideas where to go from here?
> >
> > Gas mileage is pretty bad - 140 miles a tank! I didn't get really good
>gas
> > mileage to begin with: never rebuilt/valves rattling/low oil
>pressure/Weber
> > Downdraft Carb. Not really sure what the mileage was before, because I
>took
> > the car out of storage, to start driving it again, and the fuel pump
>broke
> > first thing. I did replace the tank about 13 years ago with a used one
>from
> > a pick-n-pull yard. Can't think of anything else usefull.
> >
> > Thanks - watching my fuel needle drop,
> > Jesse
> > 1970 MGB
> >
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