KR> Float valves

2015-01-26 Thread Mac McConnell-Wood
g tendencies, and more so with mogas. > > SSL > Joe Nunley > Baker Florida > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > Original message From: Dave_A via KRnet < > krnet at list.krnet.org> Date:01/24/2015 11:24 PM (GMT-06:0

KR> Float valves

2015-01-25 Thread bjoenunley
The float pin in my lawnmower became stuck. The gas poured into the oil reservoir and onto the floor. When a start was attempted the engine blew white smoke until the engine seized. This is the important part; the cause of the sticky float pin was due to operating the engine with gas that has 10

KR> Float valves

2015-01-25 Thread Garry C
Riding my motorcycle down the highway and the carb float valve stuck and all the gas ran out. Does this happen in airplane carbs? Sent from my iPhone

KR> Float valves

2015-01-24 Thread Dave_A
Depends on the design of the carb. Some of the more popular KR carbs don't have floats (Aerocarb, Revflow, Ellison, Posa)... These either have a vacuum-triggered fuel valve, or will leak your gas out if you don't switch off the fuel. The old 'tractor carb' (Marvel Strombreg) sitting under most