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Driveline: P30
Miles:80K
Year: 84
Symptoms: Loss of power
Effect: Flooding
Cause: Crud in float valve
Outcome: Carb full of black kitty litter.
100 miles earlier, I had put in some Red Line fuel system cleaner, which was well recommended. It apparently did its job well, and loosened up a lot of crud in the fuel system. A piece of crud apparently jammed the float valve, resulting in flooding, and loss of power. When I removed the air cleaner top, the carb was completely awash with gasoline. There were puddles of gas sizzling in the pockets on top of the intake manifold. I did th usual rapping of the float area with a screwdriver handle with no effect. Slipping a hacksaw blade in the slot between the primary and secondary barrels allowed me to work the float up and down to allow the crud to pass, and the flooding stopped. HA! Success.
But the motor ran rough and unevenly.
Removing the top of the carb revealed the float bowl to be half full of what appeared to be black kitty litter, evidently charcoal from the emissions canister. I am guessing that the gasoline overflow into the canister caused some charcoal granules to float back up the vent tube due to a failed check valve in the canister. I removed the carb, disassembled it and blew it out with a couple cans of spray cleaner. All hoses going to and from the charcoal canister were plugged with available screwdriver tips and bolts to continue the trip.
I should add that my genset runs better than it ever has since I added the Red Line fuel system cleaner.
Miles:80K
Year: 84
Symptoms: Loss of power
Effect: Flooding
Cause: Crud in float valve
Outcome: Carb full of black kitty litter.
100 miles earlier, I had put in some Red Line fuel system cleaner, which was well recommended. It apparently did its job well, and loosened up a lot of crud in the fuel system. A piece of crud apparently jammed the float valve, resulting in flooding, and loss of power. When I removed the air cleaner top, the carb was completely awash with gasoline. There were puddles of gas sizzling in the pockets on top of the intake manifold. I did th usual rapping of the float area with a screwdriver handle with no effect. Slipping a hacksaw blade in the slot between the primary and secondary barrels allowed me to work the float up and down to allow the crud to pass, and the flooding stopped. HA! Success.
But the motor ran rough and unevenly.
Removing the top of the carb revealed the float bowl to be half full of what appeared to be black kitty litter, evidently charcoal from the emissions canister. I am guessing that the gasoline overflow into the canister caused some charcoal granules to float back up the vent tube due to a failed check valve in the canister. I removed the carb, disassembled it and blew it out with a couple cans of spray cleaner. All hoses going to and from the charcoal canister were plugged with available screwdriver tips and bolts to continue the trip.
I should add that my genset runs better than it ever has since I added the Red Line fuel system cleaner.
