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Mar 28, 2014 | 10:20 AM

izaacrudd

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My 65's carb is still dripping gas after I shut the car off?? Now it is smoking a bit from inside the carb. And it won't start.

It is pretty much out of gas I think. Gas gauge doesn't work. What do I do??

Mar 28, 2014 | 10:24 AM

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I also had it warming up on the driveway and opened the hood to see gas coming out of the bottom of the carb..

Mar 28, 2014 | 10:26 AM

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Last two times I filled it up with gas I filled with unleaded. Later to find out it required premium.. Could this be the cause of some things?

Mar 28, 2014 | 01:02 PM

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I don't think the type of fuel would matter with a leak. I would pull the carb off and replace gaskets and make sure all fittings are in tip top shape.

Mar 28, 2014 | 01:51 PM

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I don't think the type of fuel would matter with a leak. I would pull the carb off and replace gaskets and make sure all fittings are in tip top shape.

I just had the carb completely done.. Can't believe it's already having problems -.- but I have loose bolts where it was leaking!

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Mar 28, 2014 | 06:38 PM

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If you had loose bolts then you should just have to simply tighten them down a bit. Just don't over tighten them or you'll ruin the gasket.

Mar 28, 2014 | 07:18 PM

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If you had loose bolts then you should just have to simply tighten them down a bit. Just don't over tighten them or you'll ruin the gasket.

Thanks. Tightened them and the leak stopped. Hopefully that's all that was the problem.

Mar 28, 2014 | 07:26 PM

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Glad you found and fixed the leaky accelerator pump. Those are screws.

Mar 28, 2014 | 07:57 PM

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Glad you found and fixed the leaky accelerator pump. Those are screws.

Should it always be pressed in a little bit? Because I can stil manually release it more.. And why was it squirting gas into the carb after I turned it off?

Apr 8, 2014 | 04:17 PM

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Should it always be pressed in a little bit? Because I can stil manually release it more.. And why was it squirting gas into the carb after I turned it off?

The accelerator pump is a manual device operated by the gas pedal (or by hand at the carb) - it doesn't matter if the key is on or off. When you first give a carb throttle, there is a lag for the fuel mixture through the jets in the ventura. The spray from the accelerator pump makes up for that so the engine increases rpm smoothly without a hiccup.

Whoever did your tune up and carb rebuild needs a good butt chewin!!

I'm guessing you had it done before you moved to AZ...

Apr 15, 2014 | 09:43 PM

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The accelerator pump is a manual device operated by the gas pedal (or by hand at the carb) - it doesn't matter if the key is on or off. When you first give a carb throttle, there is a lag for the fuel mixture through the jets in the ventura. The spray from the accelerator pump makes up for that so the engine increases rpm smoothly without a hiccup. Whoever did your tune up and carb rebuild needs a good butt chewin!!

I'm guessing you had it done before you moved to AZ...

Yeah I Had it done in Oregon.. $3,000!!!

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