Re: Carburetor leaks
We ran the motor today, Tuesday May13. As I was about to take pictures to so what was going on, my father-in-law had an epiphany. But first let me tell what I saw. After running the motor for about 2 minutes, no leaks were observed. After about 1 1/2 after shutdown, I noticed some gas on the shaft of the top carb. After about 5 minutes, gas was dripping from the bottom carb shaft. A drip rate of 1 drop per 54 seconds. I feel this is significant. Now, let me tell you my father-in-law's epiphany. He has had this boat for many years and has had these leaks all that time and has fought it for 10 + years. He was standing back looking at me inspecting the leaks and notices something. Now you guys are asked not to laugh but, he notices that the boat is leaning from left to right by some inches. I feel stupid. The boat is listing to starboard by some six inches. He gets his floor jack to level the boat and it would appear only the top carb actually has a leak at the linkage shaft. The motor leaning was causing the fuel in the bowl to leak through the weep hole at the top of the bowl on all carbs. Well I guess you can laugh now, Knowing you already have, but I feel stupid for not noticing. We thank you for your help on this situation. Moral of the story, make sure the boat is level when working on the carbs.
