Bill Crowell
Well-Known Member
Neither JB Weld plastic glue nor Seal All will hold the fuel bowl wells on for more than a couple of months. After that the ethanol/gas that we have around here either makes them start to leak, or the bowl well will fall completely off.
You can always tell when a TQ fuel bowl well has started to leak because first your idle goes to hell due to all the extra fuel being dumped in; then your oil pressure goes down as your oil becomes diluted; and then one day the engine will hydro-lock on fuel when you try to start it.
So I am going to give up trying to fix old TQ fuel bowls. I have found a new TQB-7 (large bore) fuel bowl on eBay, and plan to use it with my 6461S throttle plate.
It sure would be nice if this TQ played well for awhile!
You can always tell when a TQ fuel bowl well has started to leak because first your idle goes to hell due to all the extra fuel being dumped in; then your oil pressure goes down as your oil becomes diluted; and then one day the engine will hydro-lock on fuel when you try to start it.
So I am going to give up trying to fix old TQ fuel bowls. I have found a new TQB-7 (large bore) fuel bowl on eBay, and plan to use it with my 6461S throttle plate.
It sure would be nice if this TQ played well for awhile!