Anybody had this happen ?

[skelz]

Whilst driving my little one, I notice the power dropping and the smell of petrol.. then the engine cut out... I open up the engine compartment to see that my fuel line had come off the carbie.. spilling fuel everywhere. I have a electric fuel pump.. Close inspection it seems the sleeve has come adrift from the carbi see below.. I was in a hurry so havent reconnected it.. any ideas how I can stop it happening again ..Locktite ?

[KAL SPL]

Haha this happened to me only last week , except mine was the return line that fell out so it kept running but I got suss when i smelt fuel , prob not real good ay.
I just tapped mine back in with a pair of pliers.

[skelz]

Character building ,, I was worried about fire,.. but the fuel was pi55ing out that much it was atomizing

[thepuddlejumper]

I had the same thing happen on a motorway in France, just tapped it back in with a hammer and it has been OK for the last two years.  I have no return from the carb, 126 engine in 500 Gamine, I put it down to long periods flat out building up pressure within the system due to no return pipe.

Ralph

[KAL SPL]

Yeah got to admit I got out while it was running to check and seen fuel spraying everywhere I moved pretty damn quick to shut the ignition off and then waited for a bang !

Luckily it didnt explode and hasnt yet ...

[smallcox]

These are a press fit and all joking aside a fire in the car is no joking matter, flashpoint of feul is quite high so needs a spark to ignite it.
The long turn solution who knows(maybe god)

Loctite 638 will hold it in place, better but a tapped fitting is best if you can

[skelz]

well it took about 3 minutes to fix in the daylight and i am away again... knocked it back it as far as i could and will apply some loctite before next venturing out