Hello all. After running my motor in a barrel for 10 minutes I have a very small pool of fresh gas sitting in the cover right at the front of the base of the crank case. I've checked all hose connections, and wiped under the carb. and reed plate with a clean rag and found nothing. I've cleaned up the gas tried again and again and I always end up with this little pool of fresh gas. The hoses are new, but I guess that doesn't mean they can't leak. I've just rebuilt the carb. (no gas is leaking out the intake). The motor is running very well at any idle speed I set it to. I just wondered if anyone might have an idea as to where this leak might be coming from. When I got this motor last fall it was filthy beyond imagination and I said to someone then that it's almost like it's been leaking gas for twenty years and pulled down gravel roads without being wiped down. I'm now beginning to think I was right. Thanks for any help/ideas. Rick.
