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Subject: 1976 Elan - Carbration problem

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RickF

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Date Posted: 18:28:12 12/11/09 Fri

Newbie (kinda) here - the sled worked last year. It did quit when it was hot but that was after a few hours of running (or so my son told me). Now - ether sprayed into the carb - the engine will start but stop as soon as the ether is gone. Pour a bit of gas into the throat of the carb - same thing. Gas is being sucked from the tank - I left the return line off of the carb and gas squirted out as i pulled the engine over so I am fairly certain that gas is getting from the tank to the carb. So - I thought needle and seat - opened the carb up and inspected the gaskets,and pump section and needle and seat - all looked ok. Any ideas as to why no gas seems to want to get to the venturi's but does go into the return line back to the tank?
Any help you can be is appreciated!

Rick - the wannbe snowmobile fixer!

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Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: 1976 Elan - Carbration problem	Wally	11:01:38 12/14/09 Mon

Re: 1976 Elan - Carbration problem	roger	00:25:37 12/26/09 Sat

Re: 1976 Elan - Carbration problem	Joe (try cleaning the carbs first, they get dirty)	09:00:22 12/31/09 Thu

Re: 1976 Elan - Carbration problem	craig cook	19:55:58 01/04/10 Mon