Posted by mkirsch on February 11, 2011 at 11:02:26 from (67.253.216.24):
In Reply to: Gas in my oil. posted by jdp8402 on February 11, 2011 at 09:33:52:
It is NOT POSSIBLE for the carburetor to flood and fill the engine with gas.
The carburetor will leak any excess gas on the ground.
Even if that drain is plugged, the gas will run out around the air cleaner hose.
Let's say on the off chance that the drain is plugged and you somehow managed to get a perfect seal on the air cleaner hose, it would take a LOT of gas to fill up the air cleaner tube and intake manifold before it would start to run into the engine. Unless the tank is about half full, physics says that it can't push the fuel up into the engine. No way, no how.
It would be OBVIOUS the next time you started the tractor up. Gas would be spitting EVERYWHERE as you pumped about a gallon of pure gasoline out of the intake system.
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