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Originally Posted by cobrarob
I have a small fuel leak in the rear carb feed of my 351 in my SPF cobra , opposite end of the enngine from the distributor , the leak has been very difficult to isolate
The leak falls directly on to the intake manifold and as we all know the manifold gets pretty hot , I have been driving the car like this for quite sometime and it just dawned on me that gas and heat might cause a fire , but to date it hasnt , good for me
I intend to have this fixed immeditely if not sooner but for now am I crazy to drive the car or is a fire unlikely
Told you it was a stupid question
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Depends how much you like your car, if you really like and want to keep it, your crazy to drive it that way another mile.......
Years ago, my wife's car developed a fuel leak at the carb on her way to work,all of 8 minutes away, as she pulled into the parking lot,it caught on fire, luckily another employee saw the smoke as she pulled in and got a fire extinquisher and put it out,saving the car with very minimal damage..........
Pull the carb off and go thru it with new gaskets and then try it again.....fuel leaks on any car is just a accident waiting to happen.....
David