my 1st breakdown

[dudley]

i suppose it had to happen,driving 40+ year old landrovers.

after 18 months of driving the station wagon,and never having
a problem it came as a bit of a shock when i pulled off the a1
into my village in the carawagon and the engine died, and i
rolled to a stop.turned the engine over and eventually started,
but felt like it was running on 3 so limped the half mile home.

on opening the bonnet the problem was obvious,petrol was
pouring from the carb all over the exhaust!!!.a friend came over
with a spare carb swapped them over and the engine is now
running sweeter than ever.

all's well that ends well

hoping to see you all in yorkshire next week-end
(still not 100% gordon)

regards

phillip

[RMS]

Oh dear - good job there wasn't a spark

I wonder if you've sucked up a bit of dirt which is stopping your float valve from seating? That's the usual cause for petrol pouring from a carb.

Easy fix, though it wouldn't have happened in the Station Wagon, would it

You do carry an extinguisher, don't you?
My insurance insists on an extinguisher in the Carawagons due to the cooker.


Hopefully see you next weekend

Cheers,
Robin.