carb leaking
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From: McChord AFB
carb leaking
Alrighty my f150 would run perfect exept for this, the base of the carb isnt sealing properly so it leaks bad and will not rev past idle. What do you think i could do to fix this, will just putting a bunch of gasket maker on the base of the carb work. I am only looking for a cheap temperary fix as the 4.9L will be getting a 4barel and intake soon. Thanks for your help.
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carb leaking
Reading your post, I'm thinking that you have a vacuum leak between the base of the carb and the EGR spacer? Why not just put on a new gasket? For the work involved, do it right the first time - buy a new gasket. Sometimes just tightening down the jam nuts will do it too. The last thing you want to do is suck some kind of nasty gasket goo into your motor. -my $.02 If you do replace the gasket, be leary of the metal choke tube, a lot of people forget about it, then yank on the carb effectively snapping the little metal tube - not good.
