"Jamie Calder" <jcalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
: In anticipation of Ernesto coming to our door, I'm firing up the generator
: to make sure it's in good working order. I don't think we will need it but
: it's best to be prepared.
: Soon as I turn the fuel valve on, gas comes out of an 1/8" hole on the
: carburetor. It looks as though the outlet was made for gas (or something)
: to come out of it, perhaps for maintenance or something but surly not while
: it's running!
: I'm going to do some fiddling but thought someone might be able to point me
: in the right direction.
Maybe there is some crud or varnish in the float bowl which
is preventing the float from sealing off the orifice where the
gas runs into the bowl, or possibly the floats might have gotten
a hole in them, filled with gas and sank. That would be the
first thing I would check anyway; sounds like the float might
not be shutting off the gas and its overflowing the bowl?
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