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Help! Engine Died! 120-130 1967

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posted by  JohnMc on  Wed Aug 25 03:06 CST 2004
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Take the fuel line off the carb and put it in a can or jar. Crank over a few times while you look for a nice volume of gas coming out. If you aren't getting nice squrts of fuel gushing out then there is a problem.

The symptoms sounds pretty much like bad fuel flow. When cranking if a little gas is still flowing it can fill the fuel bowls of the carb, and when it starts the engine will run fine until it sucks them dry again. I had this issue for about 6 months after reviving my PV from a 15+ year slumber. I just kept swapping those filters, eventually got most of it out of the system. Probably would have been a better idea to just clean the tank properly to begin with...

Other more subtle problems with fuel flow - leaking valves in the fuel pump, a non vented gas cap, tiny holes in the line between the tank and pump allowing air in.

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