rmcphearson
Well-known member
Greetings all,
After about 10 minutes of driving, I get a pretty strong smell of gas-like fumes from my 170 with Autolite 1100. There are no gas leaks. I currently have the PCV valve feeding the vacuum port below the carb and a filter-to-atmosphere-cap on the other end of the rocker cover. At first I thought I may be getting fumes from that filter cap but now I'm pretty certain the smell is coming from the carb, not the pcv system. If I am right, what can I do about it? I believe I tuned the carb to be more lean than rich. I have a Holley that I plan to put on at some point. Might that help?
Thanks,
-Roland
After about 10 minutes of driving, I get a pretty strong smell of gas-like fumes from my 170 with Autolite 1100. There are no gas leaks. I currently have the PCV valve feeding the vacuum port below the carb and a filter-to-atmosphere-cap on the other end of the rocker cover. At first I thought I may be getting fumes from that filter cap but now I'm pretty certain the smell is coming from the carb, not the pcv system. If I am right, what can I do about it? I believe I tuned the carb to be more lean than rich. I have a Holley that I plan to put on at some point. Might that help?
Thanks,
-Roland