Fuel leak
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
Forum Name: Boat Maintenance
Forum Discription: Discuss maintenance of your Correct Craft
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Printed Date: November-18-2024 at 8:38am
Topic: Fuel leak
Posted By: OverMyHead
Subject: Fuel leak
Date Posted: May-10-2013 at 6:38pm
I am getting fuel bubbling up through the plug/cap central in the pic on my Holley carb. What does this piece do and what do I need to do to stop the leak? ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: May-10-2013 at 6:43pm
C'mon Dave, poke your head out from the Off Topic forum every once in a while!  http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25726&title=strange-carb-leak-after-rebuild" rel="nofollow - Strange Carb Leak http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27335&title=carb-leaking-fuel" rel="nofollow - Carb Leaking Fuel http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26158&title=rebuilt-carb-is-leaking" rel="nofollow - Rebuilt Carb is Leaking ------------- |
Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: May-11-2013 at 12:58am
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Tim, You are correct sir, Thanks for the links. In my defense I do spend a lot of time reading in the maintenance threads, but every time I think about posting I have flash backs to being b-slapped by 79nautique for being a hobbyist. The story today was that my son was itching to get on the water for the first time this year. We (Ok he at my insistence) had just replaced some bad raw water intake hose we found while winterizing last fall, so we decided to fire it up on the hose and check for proper function. I at the time was home from my full time job and packing tools for an evening of side work, and a little crunched for time. We discovered the leak, and he (Insert a cocky emoticon here) wanted to patch it with some RTV gasket seal. I told him that was for water systems, not gas (at least I knew that much). A quick internet search found a site far inferior to this one that concurred (one for my team, cockiness in check). Then he wanted to use JB weld, I said no, we need to find out how to do it right, let me post on ccfan (I should have searched, but it was a time pressure desperation post). He said how soon will they respond, I said so fast it will make Jimmy Johns freak. (Thanks to Tim's timely but somewhat abusive post, more cockiness in check). Of course one of the first posts we find is, "I used JB weld and it has held for five years (kid back to cocky again). End result, JB weld, and we will monitor, and replace the bowl if we need to. I hate to mess with it because it runs like a top right now. That's my story and I am sticking to it like the Obama administration claiming Benghazi was spontaneous protest over a YouTube video (opps, that belongs back in off topic ).------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: May-14-2013 at 8:16pm
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A little JB weld seams to have cured our leak. Another thing to keep an eye on though. Thanks for the help Tim. ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 74Wind
Date Posted: May-15-2013 at 12:03am
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Overmyhead: +1 on the Jimmy Johns reference. My daughter works there here in GA, scary fast, hang up the phone and the doorbell rings..... JJ's got good sandwiches, but I grew up in the tri-state area (CT/NY/NJ) and having been in GA now for 15 years, I'd trade my entire kingdom for a real corned beef sandwich, a good meatball wedge, or a slice of real pizza....  ------------- 1974 Southwind 18 1975 Century Mark II |