Dirty fuel blocked my carb - what to do next?

Stigy

epninety wrote: »

Frequently the problem with old cars now is finding an AA (or any other) service guy who is old enough to have proper experience with things like carbs. Last time I called the AA, the guy who turned up was more than 10 years younger than my radiator.

A qualified Mechanic should know what he's doing regardless of age, as you can't become qualified without at least showing some knowledge of older cars and their workings. Granted there's not many cars on the road today with carbs, but that shouldn't be an excuse, as you only need to have a technical mind to suss things out.

Dippypud

Don't let the fuel level get to low next time, the crap at the bottom of your fuel tank doesn't always come in through the filler pipe.

Get a gasket set for your carb, a good set of screwdrivers and a tray with raised sides and a sheet of white paper so you can see when you drop something.

Learn how to sort it or make sure you don't get your fuel level down where the paint peel lives.

epninety

Stigy wrote: »

A qualified Mechanic should know what he's doing regardless of age, as you can't become qualified without at least showing some knowledge of older cars and their workings. Granted there's not many cars on the road today with carbs, but that shouldn't be an excuse, as you only need to have a technical mind to suss things out.

There's a big, big difference between knowledge gained, and knowledge gained and backed by long experience tackling 'real world' problems. For example, the kid from the AA I mentioned couldn't get past a tiny pinhole in a 30 -something year old radiator and see the blown headgasket that caused it. I took a few gallons of water off him, gave him a lollipop and sent him on his way It was only 30 miles to drive home after all! He wasn't incompetent, just didn't have the experience of older machinery. The book says a water leak is a water leak, experience gives you a judgement for how much is how bad.

ibrooks

In three years of IMI courses we never once loooked at a carb and I doubt anyone in the room apart from myself and the tutor had ever actually had to work on one.

Iain