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Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine #2669869 06/25/19 06:07 PM 06/25/19 06:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 156 michigan 6 6pakdakota OP member
6pakdakota OP member 6 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 156 michigan	What would cause the secondary fuel bowl to pour fuel out of the baseplate hole circled in the photo? I have already changing the accelerator pump diaphragm.

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: 6pakdakota] #2669873 06/25/19 06:24 PM 06/25/19 06:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,495 Shelby mi. J JAKE68 pro stock
JAKE68 pro stock J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,495 Shelby mi.	either float too high or a plugged air bleed causing a siphon and draining bowl JAKES AUTOMOTIVE

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: JAKE68] #2669878 06/25/19 06:30 PM 06/25/19 06:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	That's usually a blown power valve, or most likely, if the rear block has a provision for a power valve and you are running a plug (or even the power valve) that plug (or power valve) can be hitting the boss in the power valve well in the main body. Look very close at the boss in there. Take the gasket off the metering block and with the PV or plug installed make damn sure nothing is hitting anything. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: madscientist] #2669993 06/25/19 10:41 PM 06/25/19 10:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,173 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,173 Bend,OR USA	Originally Posted by madscientist That's usually a blown power valve, or most likely, if the rear block has a provision for a power valve and you are running a plug (or even the power valve) that plug (or power valve) can be hitting the boss in the power valve well in the main body. Look very close at the boss in there. Take the gasket off the metering block and with the PV or plug installed make damn sure nothing is hitting anything. Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: Cab_Burge] #2670025 06/26/19 01:58 AM 06/26/19 01:58 AM
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6pakdakota OP member 6 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 156 michigan	Hopefully I will have time to get a better look at it in the morning.

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: 6pakdakota] #2670097 06/26/19 09:21 AM 06/26/19 09:21 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,844 S.E. Michigan ZIPPY I Live Here
ZIPPY I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,844 S.E. Michigan	One of mine did that, and it turned out I had somehow warped the metering block. I hope yours is a cheaper fix. Rich H. Esse Quam Videri

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: ZIPPY] #2670167 06/26/19 12:08 PM 06/26/19 12:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Originally Posted by ZIPPY One of mine did that, and it turned out I had somehow warped the metering block. I hope yours is a cheaper fix. Yep. That happens too. Also, the main body can warp and drive you nuts. Before I had a mill, I used a roughing file and filed the main body flat. When the metering block is warped...that's a horse of a different feather. At that point, I'm looking at a new carb. With billet blocks and base plate and an aluminum main body that doesn't seem to warp like that Holley zinc mix or whatever it is. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: Help! Secondary fuel bowl draining into engine [Re: madscientist] #2670328 06/26/19 05:56 PM 06/26/19 05:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 156 michigan 6 6pakdakota OP member
6pakdakota OP member 6 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 156 michigan	Well I got the carb fixed today. I replaced the orange plug above the accelerator pump and I think I had the wrong style metering block gasket on there. It works great now.

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