Carberator Flooding Problems
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Carberator Flooding Problems
Well once again I am having problems with my van... This time it is with the carberator. My van was running fine until the other day. Then I was on my way home and the van seemed to run great until I got off the interstate. Comming up the off ramp I was slowing down and when I got to about 25mph my van just died. It refused to start again. I have had problems with it dying in the past but it has always restarted in about 20 minutes. This time I had to let it sit for about 6 hours before it would fire up again... then it was sputtering... I drove it home barely and started looking for what the problem was... I got in and tryed to start it again... it started then I watched the carberator fill up with gas and overflow... the van was sputtering really bad and finally died. I have never seen a carberator just fill up with gas... it did not spray out just filled up and ran over the top.
I take it that I have to have me carberator rebuilt again after only a year but I am not sure. Is there anything else that I could do?
I take it that I have to have me carberator rebuilt again after only a year but I am not sure. Is there anything else that I could do?
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It sounds like some dirt or crud got in the fuel reservoir and is keeping the needle attached to the float from seating properly and allowing too much fuel to enter the carb. Or, the needle has detached from the float altogether. I've also seen where brass floats,if they still use them, get a pin hole in them and fill with gas and don't float anymore. I can't think of anything else that would cause it to flood that bad. It started again after several hours because all that gas had a chance to drain off untill it started drowning again.
Just pull off the top, hopefully not destroying the gasket and check out the needle and float. Be careful not to bend anything on the float where the needle attaches.
Just pull off the top, hopefully not destroying the gasket and check out the needle and float. Be careful not to bend anything on the float where the needle attaches.
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Yea I kind of figured that I could not get out of taring into the carb. Well I am going downstairs now to take a look. I will keep you posted on what happens... thanks for both of your inputs... it is very helpful.
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