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| H2ohs |
 May 13 2024, 01:29 PM
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Hi All, took the car out of storage, cleaned, took for a 20 min ride. Was running great. 3 min from home, it started to run really rough. Not sure if it was on fire at this point, but barely made it home. got out and flames were shooting from the grid. Fire extinguisher was close, so put out pretty quickly. Rain tray melted and made a mess. The carb filter totally burned and destroyed. All fuel lines in good shape, no leaks. So what would make the carb catch on fire like this? float? timing? this pic is after trying to clean the fire extinguisher mess off- it still runs fine actually. Ideas?
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| Superhawk996 |
May 13 2024, 03:41 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,016 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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This looks suspicious - is the red wire the feed from Alternator B+ shorted out to carb manifolds with insulation burned off to bare wire?
I can’t tell for sure from photo? Fire appears to have burned longest & hottest on this side.  |
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| 930cabman |
May 22 2024, 02:32 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,220 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ May 13 2024, 03:41 PM)  This looks suspicious - is the red wire the feed from Alternator B+ shorted out to carb manifolds with insulation burned off to bare wire? I can’t tell for sure from photo? Fire appears to have burned longest & hottest on this side. Very possible it's this simple, it does not look good. Hopefully the OP will chime in to confirm their findings |
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H2ohs Carb fire.. why? May 13 2024, 01:29 PM
GregAmy A typical culprit is a leaking fuel line (how old ... May 13 2024, 03:14 PM Superhawk996 Sorry this happened. At least you caught it befor... May 13 2024, 03:15 PM peteinjp How long was the car in storage? I’ve seen fuel ... May 13 2024, 04:47 PM
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Hi All, took the car out of storage, cleaned, too... May 14 2024, 01:21 PM VaccaRabite @H2ohs
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