I'm gonna guess the MTBE in newer gas is doing a
number on the carb -- I've had that problem with a
couple of out-of-storage cars myself.
Old gas was always potentially nasty but I don't
remember it being this bad before MTBE.
--- jerry lyons <jero78@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello, I have a '55 dodge royal lancer with the red
> ram engine. Up until a couple years ago it ran
> silent and strong, then it just quit one day on the
> road, 75k original, driven once or twice a year
> scince around 1984. We thought it was the fuel pump,
> so it was replaced. It did actually start after
that,
> but, within a half minute, gas began pouring out
> around the sides of the carb, through little holes,
> a lot of it, and it ran rough, too dangerous to
> keep driving it. What happened? It was running
> perfect, then whammo, twighlite zone.
> I know the fuel was never drained after storage all
> those years. Could the gas have gotten so old that
> it carmelized, and when the new fuel pump was placed
> on the car it was too much new pressure in an
> already gummed carburator, that it busted the seals
> or float in the carb?
> What would be the best action, the car is near
> flawless and original, I don't want to screw it up
> any more than it is now.
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