Military Vehicles, March 1997,: Re: MB Fuel problem
Re: MB Fuel problem
Todd Paisley (paisley@erols.com)
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:52:32 -0500
> Sounds to me like your needle and seat are the problem. Sediment or other
> foriegn material keeps the needle from dropping and it can easily fill
your
> carb above the float level, but its difficult to diagnose over the Net. I
> would give the carb a good cleaning, inside and out. Maybe a rebuild is
in
> order while you've got it pulled off. Kits only cost $25.00 or so and
only
> takes an afternoon. Good luck whatever the problem is.
I had a similar problem on a CJ-5 (carb is pretty similar). The needle
seat
actually would not seat (go up) because of debris. Because of this, even
if the float was at the right level, the fuel pump continued to supply fuel
to the carb because the float couldn't shut off the fuel supply. This
sounds
like the same problem. You could probably get away with just taking off
the bowl cover and cleaning the needle valve (without taking the carb off
the
car). But it might be worth it to rebuild the whole thing.
Todd Paisley.