After running my Pinto I noticed a pool of petrol under the engine. On investigating I could see drips hanging off the bottom of the carbs just behind the rubber soft mounts. As the car had not been run for a long time I decided to pull the carbs off, replace the needles and check the float levels just in case. Float levels were bang on. I reinstalled and without even turning on the electric fuel pumps one of them started to leak (gravity filled the float bowls). Upon looking I could see the rear most carb was leaking alot of fuel from the auxillary venturi bolts on the rearmost cylinder only. ahhhhhh
It is leaking on one choke only so I am very confident I do NOT have a float level issue (gravity pressure only, floats set correctly and new needles).
I have read through my Weber book but cannot identify any reason. The aux venturi bolts were both snug but there is no fuel flowing there anyway.
I did think about connecting a gravity fuel feed into the carbs on the bench so that I can see if I can ID where the fuel is exactly coming from.
I did not use any of the other parts from the rebuild kit other than the needles and top cover gaskets so maybe there are other worn parts (although these are only 5 years old and not very used).
Can anybody help me as I have an event coming up FAST!
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