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From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP (hakanson)
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Subject: Re: Alcohol soaked float?
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 20:48:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 20:48:00 1985
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Nf-From: orstcs!hakanson    Oct  4 16:48:00 1985

<yum!>

Regarding the possibly-soaked float in the Plymouth Arrow:  Yes,
it is possible for your float to sink.  It happened to the float
on my '80 Colt (another Mitsubishi animal), causing the same
symptoms of rich-running, barely-idling, gas-guzzling behavior.
And I never burned much gas with alcohol in it (as far as I can
be sure from only buying Union and Chevron gas).

The old float looked fine (it's a black plastic foam of some
kind) with no holes, but it was definitely heavier.  I had
finally ruled out everything else, and suspected the cause when
I saw thru the sight-glass on the side of the carburetor that
the thing was flooding.  Verifying that the needle valve was
functioning convinced me to put in a new float, and that cured
the problem completely.

PS:  For all you folks who've been missing my long articles
about my car, I'll bring you up to date:  83K & still healthy.
It is time for the first new set of brake pads, though....

Marion Hakanson         CSnet:  hakanson%oregon-state@csnet-relay
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