Fuel leaking from new carb.

[doylerl]

So some of you may have been watching or posting in my thread about installing this carb. Well, it ran fine last night but when I went to fire it up today, it was doing the same old crap it used to. So, I pop the hood to check everything out, and find the the "gasket" or conversion gasket or whatever the hell it is called is made of what appears to be a couple of pieces of clip-board material. Well, it absorbed a lot of fuel, and now it is just leaking out all over the manifold, and somehow is even going through the vacuum tubes to the disty! So is the disty shot now? What the hell am I supposed to do about the makeshift gasket? I have attached a picture to show you what I am talking about! Like this on both sides BTW...

[brickdog2000]

I ended up buying cork gasket from my local parts store. Cost shouldent be over $10. I sure hope your disty aint shot, cause I am currently looking for one and its hard to find one under $100.

[doylerl]

I ended up buying cork gasket from my local parts store. Cost shouldent be over $10. I sure hope your disty aint shot, cause I am currently looking for one and its hard to find one under $100.

Wouldn't cork gasket do the same thing? Also I have seen some people make thick steel adapters. Would I need one of those? I am just running into one thing after another, and I don't want to buy something else that I can't use.

[hotfordcat]

Go to any McParts store and buy gasket material for gas stuff. A piece that small should not be more than $3. Comes in different thicknesses also.

[iceracerdude]

Yeah, skip the cork, Also pick up a paper punch, and an exacto knife at the office supply store so you can make some excellent cuts which = excellent gaskets.
And stop whining...if you were building a house and you bent two nails in a row, would you stop building the house?

[Festy46]

The gaskets and spacer blocks between the carb and the intake are regular auto part store parts for a Ford Escort 1.6L engine. Below is a picture of the spacer block like the one on your intake. There is a black paper type gasket on each side of the spacer block that were purchased from an auto parts store. They are not home made gaskets made out of junk material.

I think you have a high pressure fuel problem with your fuel pump. The fuel pump is pumping fuel under too much pressure so that the carb float valve can't stop the flow and the carb is being overfilled with gas causing it to run out the top and all over. Try blowing air through the return line that connects to the fuel pump. If that line is not open back to the gas tank, it can't relieve the excess pressure from the fuel pump and the carb will overflow. If the line is open, get a pressure gauge that only goes from 0 to about 20 pound maximum and connect it to the hose that goes to the carb. Try to start the car. It should run for a little bit with the fuel that is in the carb. Watch the pressure gauge. If it goes much higher than 3 or 4 psi, you have too much pressure going to the carb and it is not going to run right. You will probably need another fuel pump if you are sure the return line is open to the gas tank.

[doylerl]

I saw a part # on it, but at the parts store they said they can't find it anywhere, and they don't think they have ever seen a thick spacer like that. I am in no way trying to bad-mouth you festy46. If that is the way you took it, I am sorry for that. Like I said, they can't find anything like that, and they seemed to think it was made for something else and cut to fit or something... I don't know really what they think, but they tell me they don't carry anything like that. I checked on the cork gasket, and they either don't recommend it or it is only 1/16 of an inch thick. I also asked about using a steel spacer like a lot of people on here use, but they said they wouldn't recommend that either. So it's like you don't recommend anything you have and don't carry anything you recommend.

[brickdog2000]

Maybe paper gasket? Other than I wouldent know what to say. Most of the gaskets I see at work are either cork or paper. Yes sometimes we use silicone, but not for fuel or diesel cause it will dry rot it.

[devon527]

And stop whining...if you were building a house and you bent two nails in a row, would you stop building the house?

Now aint that the truth!

[Aspire]

I think you have a high pressure fuel problem with your fuel pump. The fuel pump is pumping fuel under too much pressure so that the carb float valve can't stop the flow and the carb is being overfilled with gas causing it to run out the top and all over.

I was just going to ask why the carb is leaking fuel around the bottom flange. Gasket or not, it shouldn't have that much fuel puddling up.

I would def. check the pressure & is the gasket in the airstream of the intake charge?

How much are you torquing it down?...then again, even if something is warped, there is a problem with the fuel being there to begin with, not just the gasket sealing itself.

[doylerl]

And stop whining...if you were building a house and you bent two nails in a row, would you stop building the house?

Now aint that the truth!

OK, not only rude, but I'm not whining. I have questions and I thought that was why we were all here. I am having financial problems right now, if you must know, and can't afford to keep throwing new parts on it that won't fix it. I understand it is an older car and things will go bad, I am just stating that it seems like it is always something right after I fix something else.

[doylerl]

This doesn't look exactly like mine, but could it work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PHENOLIC-SPACER-WEBER-DGV-DGAV-DGEV-DFEV-CARBURETORS-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem35a69fc906QQitemZ230428756230QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

This looks a little closer, but still not exactly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PHENOLIC-SPACER-BLOCK-WEBER-DCNF-CARBURETOR-NEW-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem35aa2aae89QQitemZ230488190601QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

[Festy46]

Without going into a big explanation, I would not buy the first one with the open center. The second one will probably work, but email the guy and ask him to give you the dimensions for the bolt pattern to make sure it will fit, (although I think it will probably fit). Before you buy one from eBay, check with your local Ford dealer and see if they have a spacer/insulator carb block for an '82 to '85 Escort with a 1.6 L engine.

[drddan]

Doyle, that first link is EXACTLY like what comes with a NEW Weber carb
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WEBER...Q5fAccessories

If you need a spacer, you can have mine, since I have a custom adaptor and didnt use it. PM me your address and i'll send it if you want it. For gasket material, the regular gasket material, available at any parts store, looks sorta like grey cardboard, works just fine, and is what I used with no problems. I am wondering why you have so much fuel leaking. Check pressure as stated before, and also, is the carb mounting surface flat? I'd want to pull the carb and check for that, and look for any cracks, on manifold and carb base. Good luck!

[boydg1]

.... Just following the thread :happy3:

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