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Gasoline coming out hole in muffler
I bought a 82 mazda rx7 that has been sitting for a couple years. Tried
to start it and gas came pouring out the hole in muffler. I did take the plugs out and dried them off and put back in. IS the carb stuck and running to rich?Any advice welcome.Thanks -- |
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"drb" > wrote: > IS the carb stuck and > running to rich? Perhaps the carb float got a hole in it, filled with fuel, and can't close the needle valve. Or a piece of crud is holding the needle valve open. I'd start by opening the float bowl. --- Lanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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"drb" > wrote:
>I bought a 82 mazda rx7 that has been sitting for a couple years. Tried >to start it and gas came pouring out the hole in muffler. I did take >the plugs out and dried them off and put back in. IS the carb stuck and >running to rich?Any advice welcome.Thanks -- You may also want to try rec.autos.rotary if Lanny's suggestion does not work. I believe rotaries are somewhat strange in their fuel behavior. Maybe that is why the car has been sitting for some years? Leon -- Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) http://www.dommelen.net/miata EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) |
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NO for something like that it has to be something little like you said the
float or something is letting the gas poor in and has no were else but the muffler it has to be the float or the needle something to do with that carb is stuck if i was you I would take the carb off and take it apart and see what you find blow it out with air and put it back together there can even be a little something that is holding down the float anyways let us know what happens "Leon van Dommelen" > wrote in message ... > "drb" > wrote: > >>I bought a 82 mazda rx7 that has been sitting for a couple years. Tried >>to start it and gas came pouring out the hole in muffler. I did take >>the plugs out and dried them off and put back in. IS the carb stuck and >>running to rich?Any advice welcome.Thanks -- > > You may also want to try rec.autos.rotary if Lanny's suggestion does not > work. I believe rotaries are somewhat strange in their fuel behavior. > > Maybe that is why the car has been sitting for some years? > > Leon > > -- > Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) > http://www.dommelen.net/miata > EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) |
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