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Old 05-01-2026, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Corcoran View Post
The car has D-Port Edelbrock heads and a mechanical fuel pump with no return line. The reason I think the fuel is boiling out of the carb is after a drive then parking the car in the garage, the garage smells like gasoline very strong. Plus after the car was cool I advanced the throttle and noticed the rear squirter was not discharging fuel which leads me to believe the rear bowl was empty.


Check the bowl screws and accelerator pump diaphragm for leaks. The diaphragm will hold fuel for a long time. There's too much fuel in the bowl to "boil out" and even if it did it'd still remain in the accelerator pump.

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