We have a strange problem with one of the Ice Cream Trucks. The truck
has had issues over the last few weeks with BACKFIRING. All sorts of
causes/solutions have been tried.
The latest one, and one that SEEMS to have corrected the problem is
somehow, when we put gas in the tank.... it would cause the
carbuerator to overfill... actually what we saw was gas dripping out
of the engine. They did something with some kind of OVERFILL TANK and
something to do with a hose.
The mechanic... who we are somewhat skeptical about said NOT to
overfill the gas tank. Just put the gas in until it clicks off.
Well.... the problem is, sometimes it will click off after only 5 or
10 dollars worth. We KNOW that we need more gas than this.
Now... does all this make any sense? Can putting a little too much
gas somehow FLOOD the carbuerator causing gas to drip out the front of
the engine? What would make the gas pump shut off all the time way
sooner than it should?
One last question. Is the BACKFIRING dangerous? When it was doing
this the other day, we could actually see FLAMES coming out of the
tailpipe everytime it backfired. Our boss said that isn't really
dangerous and that it was safe to drive.
I am not sure of the make-model of the truck but what do you guys
think about all of this?
Thanks in advance
~ david ~
