[Spridgets] Phantom Fix
derf
derf247 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 12 19:51:17 MDT 2020
Ethanol eats certain kinds of rubber and absorbs water like a sponge. It
doesn't really clog jets and stuff more than debris does.
You might have had some bad gas or some water in the gas.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 8:37 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few
> weeks. I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb. It still acted fuel
> starved though. At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart and cleaned
> it. I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blocking the fuel.
> So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK. I backed it out of
> the garage and only got a hundred feet or so before it died and refused to
> start again. This morning at 8 AM I pulled the carb off again for a more
> thorough cleaning. All fuel passage ways were clear. There was no reason
> for the car to act fuel starved again. I reassembled the carb and put it
> back in. The car runs fine now, but I don't know why. Go figure.
> Mike MacLean
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