QUOTE(stownsen914 @ Sep 9 2020, 01:34 PM)
Especially if you are running pump gas, draining the float bowls is a good idea when the car sits. Today's pump gas gums up carburetors.
This may be what Brant was saying, but another reason for gas smell on a carbed car - if you run the fuel pump for a while with the engine off, gas will overflow from the float bowls and start dumping into the engine. This isn't great for obvious reasons, two of them being gas smell and potential fire hazard.
Nice purchase, by the way. I noticed the car for sale and thought it looked like a good deal. And welcome to 914 World!
Thanx and Tom's a great guy. Wish we could hang out but he's 2 state too far away.
They are 2 low pres pumps, looks like 4 lbs on 1 pump and close to 9 lbs on 2 pumps. I'm still figuring out why I have 2 pumps. I see 4 lbs for idle (to not overcome the bowls) and I can see 8 lbs for WOT but I think I need a lot more HP to need the 2nd pump. This engine probably only makes 180 or so HP.
I don't know how to drain the bowls (is on pump gas, 93 octane), so I'm guess I'm going to learn, thanx...