Carburetor whoes.

[thornogson]

Hi guys,
I have just overhauled the carb (thanks Adrian for the bits) and the car is running much sweeter. It runs fine for 10 miles or so then when pulling away from a start it starts spluttering and missing. Then it is ok for a good few miles again.
Began to wonder wether there is water in the fuel, so pumped some into a clean glass jar. At the bottom of the jar there is some other liquid seperate from the fuel and floating within. Is this how water and petrol behave?
G.

[Nick_F]

Yep.

If there's water in the tank you need to drain it and let it dry out for a bit. You may also find some in the float chamber - worth cleaning it out for the sake of the time involved.

[mk1]

Had a similar problem many years back found it to be a clogged up fuel filter. A £10 filter verses hours of carb strip down ??? Changing the filter often wouldn't do any harm. Its a cure not prevention IF your tank is getting water in OR its full of crap it will continue. Clean out the tank change the filter - period. The carbs another matter.......