I’m trying to resolve a fuel leak on my Cultmate it’s coming from where the fuel pipe from the tank bolts onto the bottom of the carb. I’ve tried pinching it tight but it still floods out has anyone got any ideas on how to fix it?
It’s an Amal 124 I’ve changed the fibre washers between the bolts holding the bowl onto the carb body but it’s leaking from where the pipe bolts underneath the float bowl.
another thought is petrol running down pipe or above connection if flowing between pipe and union cut off end of pipe and use brake pipe flaring tool to put new collar on pipe Dave
It sounds as if the olive on the end of the pipe is worn or damaged, or the fitting in bottom of float bowl is damaged. Nut on pipe should pull olive on end of pipe up tight into the fitting on float bowl.
Right solved the one problem and caused another. There was a split in the pipe so swapped that for a new pipe which fixed that leak however I now have fuel flooding out of the top of the carburettor float chamber. It’s pouring out of the tickler hole and there’s two small holes on the side of the chamber cap which look like they are supposed to be there but fuel is squirting out these holes at quite a pace? Could the position of the float have anything to do with this problem?