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Old 05-25-2015, 12:49 PM
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Since I resolved that the fuel percolation is coming from the accelerator pump circuit I experimented with building a couple shields for the pump covers from sheet aluminum. The angled corner on the top one is to clear my heater hoses.









I wish I could say this was an outstanding success but I still got a couple dribbles from the front carburetor accelerator pump shooter after about 10 minutes hot soak following shut down. It did seem to lower the temperatures on the accelerator pump covers when I read them with my IR gun but it's hard to get a clean reading on them. I would say it is quite a bit less overall, but it only takes a couple drops of fuel on a hot surface to create a fuel stench in the garage. I might try putting a small piece of EZcool insulation on the bottom of the shields.
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