My experience.
Started the engine after carb removal. Power on, wait couple minutes to see if there are any gas leaks. Nothing leaking to the ground, ready to start the engine.
Of course the carbs and tubes are empty of gas so it takes a while to start the car. After starting the car just coughs and backfires. Then, flames up in the engine compartment from carburetors. I decide to switch off the engine because something is wrong. Carbs adjusted very poorly it seems.
I turn off the engine and start smoking a tobacco. Then, I hear this "Tss!...Tsss!...Tss!..." sound. What could that be? Exhaust cooling? No, thats a pinging sound. I go under the car suspecting there is a leak of some sort.
Indeed there is! There is gas dripping directly on the exhaust pipes! And I don't know where its coming from! I am thinking of running to a friend to get a fire extinguisher, then, if it would get on fire before I got back, it would be too late. I just start to back off couple meters and pray. Still smoking my tobacco.
After a while, the gas stops dripping, well at least I don't hear the sound. Yes, no more gas coming on the exhaust. Maybe its safe to check where it came from. I open the engine compartment and Uh, smells of gas. The carbs were not flooding, I check the gas lines. Carbs...metal fuel line...rubber hose...fuel filter..YES! thats it. The fuel filter was leaking, it was new but somehow it was cracked and leaked all over the engine compartment, and on the exhaust.
No wonder I smelled gas on my way from Germany to Finland, no wonder we ran out of gas on Autobahn while we had just driven 200km with full tank...
Thank god the car did not get on fire, not here in Finland, or worse, on my way home. After all, 1500km is a long way to walk.
Next day, EVERY rubber hose was replaced that has something to do with fuel.
//Zen
[This message has been edited by Zendalar (edited 06-08-2001).]
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