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I'm getting the feeling that the universe wants to see another OBR full mod explode.
First, my carb went all bibbledee and ran super lean a few weeks ago. I got lucky and caught it before anything detonated. Gave it a good clean out and everything has been working just fine since.
Had a couple really nice runs after that and she's making insane power. I went for a run today (video soon) and after about 25 minutes into my run, the motor starts acting starved again. So I pulled her in close and the primer bulb is empty. I killed the engine and checked the gas tank. Still had about 1/4 tank of fuel.
I hit the primer bulb a couple times and hear a hiss coming from the exhaust side. I don't know how it happened, but my fuel return line got all kinds of cozy with the exhaust pipe.
There was enough line for me to fix it without buying more, but I'm still impressed that this happened. I've been running this setup for a minute now and never thought of this situation as a possible risk.
So yeah, shite happens...
First, my carb went all bibbledee and ran super lean a few weeks ago. I got lucky and caught it before anything detonated. Gave it a good clean out and everything has been working just fine since.
Had a couple really nice runs after that and she's making insane power. I went for a run today (video soon) and after about 25 minutes into my run, the motor starts acting starved again. So I pulled her in close and the primer bulb is empty. I killed the engine and checked the gas tank. Still had about 1/4 tank of fuel.
I hit the primer bulb a couple times and hear a hiss coming from the exhaust side. I don't know how it happened, but my fuel return line got all kinds of cozy with the exhaust pipe.
There was enough line for me to fix it without buying more, but I'm still impressed that this happened. I've been running this setup for a minute now and never thought of this situation as a possible risk.
So yeah, shite happens...