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dadandlad

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Have I cured the rough running problem ?
« on: April 24, 2016, 12:10:30 PM »
The Bis started playing up again with the Polish carb fitted and would not start so back to square one

I decided to fit a Facet electric fuel pump which never stopped running and consequently filled the engine full of fuel to the point of hydraulicing  :o it was the 1-4 psi version so should have been okay

After a suggestion from  Pete126 I checked the feed and return pipes are the correct way round i:e I had blanked off the return and not the feed

Now it is at this point something comes to light and maybe I have got it sorted

Blowing down the return pipe I can feel pressure building up and on releasing pressure air comes rushing back out of the pipe

Remove the new filler cap I purchased and  as expected no pressure build up

Next step was to refit the Weber carb I had no end of problems with and also refit the mechanical pump so back to standard

After a few tries she fires up and runs beautifully revving freely all without the filler cap fitted

I assume that the filler cap should be vented and I have been lucky not to collapse my fuel tank

I know this used to be a problem many years ago and have seen fuel tanks that have collapsed but had never even considered it