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Old 06-28-2011, 10:08 AM
Lemans1970 Lemans1970 is offline
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I had such a problem a while back. Turns out it was the screw-in carb fitting that held the bronze fuel filter. Over time threads had become compromised such that it no longer sealed well. Fuel on a hot engine not good and hard to identify due to rapid evaporation.