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Re: [GMCnet] OK, next Onan question [message #323650 is a reply to message #323646] Sat, 09 September 2017 13:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jim Miller is currently offline  Jim Miller   United States
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On Sep 9, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Mike Hamm wrote:

> Next I removed the carburetor when I took it apart and cleaned there was a small piece of smegma, on top of the nettle valve seat, blocking (slowing) the fuel from entering the float bowl.


I’ve fixed a few with that exact problem; I expect that it is a piece of the seat material that has been attacked by alcohol and behaves sort of like a flapper valve to block the fuel coming in from the pump. The usual giveaway is the completely dry carb bowl that you find after the engine dies.

—Jim

Jim Miller
1977 Eleganza
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH



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Jim Miller 1977 Eleganza II 1977 Royale Hamilton, OH
 
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