Now the Corolla is back on the road and my daily driver, my prior daily driver 50 year old V8 Ford Truck isn’t getting nearly the amount of use. It runs good, but after it sits unused for 5-7 days the fuel in the fuel bowl is presumably evaporating and doesn’t have enough fuel remaining for the en…

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No rule against it, but it might be more productive to revive the old thread instead of starting a new one.

[image] texases: t might be more productive to revive the old thread instead of starting a new one. Two different questions, not the same topic.

Just curious, are you sure it is evaporating and not draining slowly back to the tank? a gas cap going bad can cause flow back. If you have a separate in-line gas filter see if that is empty too.

The carb float bowl is porous and leaking. Tester

I would check to see if it is leaking out the bottom due to a plug that needs resealing or A crack in the housing. This would happen with my 59 Pontiac. Never found a solution except rapidly pumping the gas. Sold it about 1971 so memory is foggy. Tried dumping a little gas in the carb once, bac…

70's Ford truck carb problem After sitting 48 hours most of the gasoline in the fuel bowl has disappeared, [image] George_San_Jose1: unused for 5-7 days the fuel in the fuel bowl is presumably evaporating and doesn’t have enough fuel remaining [image] George_San_Jose1: not the same…

[image] weekend-warrior: Just curious, are you sure it is evaporating and not draining slowly back to the tank? I don’t think it is possible for fuel in the fuel bowl to drain back to the tank via the carb’s inlet, it would have to go uphill.

[image] George_San_Jose1: Even simpler if there was a manual fuel pump available for this, using a rubber bulb I’d press a few times to prime the carb? How is that simpler, easier, or faster than just cranking the engine for an additional 5 seconds?

[image] It_s-Me: Fuel bowl empty vs fuel bowl empty Yep, totally different Well, they do sound the same … lol . but if you read the 2021 OP, the clue was the throttle plates were covered with fuel. Not the case for the today’s question, throttle plates dry. & Last summer I removed the…

[image] asemaster: How is that simpler, easier, or faster than just cranking the engine for an additional 5 seconds? I concur it is simple enough just to crank the engine longer. But it is more than 5 seconds longer. The downside of longer cranking is it runs down the battery, overheats t…

Carb's fuel bowl losing fuel, evaporating

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It_s-Me March 8, 2024, 10:30pm 12

Fuel bowl empty vs fuel bowl empty
Yep, totally different

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Carb's fuel bowl losing fuel, evaporating

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