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I Drove my 55 in stop and go city traffic today. When I got home I raised the hood and found gas boiling in the glass bowl of the fuel filter. It was a warm day...upper 70's. Engine is stock 265 with 2 barrel. Only had the car 6 months. Is this normal? It's going to get a lot hotter around here.
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Thanks Dog. Yes it's ethanol.
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It will also be the winter blend. When they change over to "summer gas" next month it will not be quite as bad.
Last edited by Chev Nut; 03/08/16 11:21 PM.
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I've chronicled the mess elsewhere on this site that "ethanol poisoning" has made with both the carb and intake valves in my '52 216. However, regarding the "boiling" issue, the Q-Jet on the Boss's '72 Cutlass, has been pretty bad -- especially with the heat-soak that occurs after driving for a period of time and then trying to restart after 20 or 30 minutes has passed. The area immediately around the air cleaner stinks of raw fuel -- it's worse when the cover is removed -- but there's not a drop of leaked fuel to be found, nor any staining from a dried leak. However, looking down past the throttle plates, the floor of the manifold is wet, and I'm lucky if there's still enough fuel in the bowl to get a short shot out of the accelerator pump.
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Sounds like a carb/float bowl issue on the Qjet.
1951 Chevy Styleline Deluxe 2 door sedan / purchased from second owner 6-19-2000.
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