6lb pump blowing out carb?

There is no fancy snake oil on the planet that will negate damage to and old school fuel system.
Chances are your carb is suffering from the usage of ethanol.
Time to order up a rebuild kit, stay away from the chink carb parts on ebay

Ethanol doesn't cause your carb to fill up with chunks and stick a needle and seat open.
I never have had one single E related issue, ever and I run carbs on all three of our classics.

Now that does sound like it would work, but... what do you rinse the line out with, gas? I would need to set up a 5 gal can on the fender or a high table to siphon it through the line. No compressed air for blowing fuel through! Yikes. Plus... Where do you put the dirty gas? I am getting a new line, just hope I can get it in. If I can't I will try this idea. I have a light duty sand blaster canister with a hose and a sand blasting nozzle on it, that would work perfect. Because I really don't know if I can get the new line past the new 3" exhaust pipes. I can tell ya, it's going to be a trick. I will probably have to cut the line in a straightaway near the tank to get the curved parts in. Somewhere needs a splice, that's for sure....

I rinse them with anything I have available.
Even plain dry air gets most of it, as it's just a metal tube.
I think some people are too scared of gas.:D

Please make a video of you doing this I for one would cherish the moment.
You Boy's is nuts

This is exactly why I hesitate to tell you guys any good tricks.:D


I guess I could run a 9-10 foot rubber fuel line and zip tie it to the steel line, lol? Sounds safer, but still, dangerous. I would only do the blow the sand thing on a wet rainy day, and make sure there are no sparks in 1,000 miles of me! lol

Jees, ya just blow the line out with air first, it's not nitro glycerin.


Well we can count out assembled wrong and junk parts. We can count out float settings too. That leaves crapola in the lines. It is either the tank or the line, since I had the tank boiled and coated about 8-10 years ago, my money is on the line. I will order another line, probably stainless because the old lines didn't have the moisture these lines have to deal with. New filter, Good parts, only Holley, no Eddy parts in a Holley, lol. I have been rebuilding carbs since I was 18. Not all the time, but at least every few years. They are pretty straightforward. I can't do anything until I get the new line, but drop the tank and check it out. But yeah, it has to be the crap in the lines getting to it.

And I won't be blowing sand through the line. Not only is that dangerous, highly, how do you get all the sand out? That's my question. And with today's fuels, the rust will be back in 6 mo if that.

You already have sand, it's just a bit different makup.
Just blowing the lines out leaves the inside of the line covered in rust that breaks off continually filling your carb and sticking the needle and seat.
The sand being blown through scrubs that crap off the inside of the line, then a little air and about any liquid rinses it out.

Stainless is a good option for longevity, but it sure is a pain in the backside to run.
Like I said before, I think you got it handled.:D