Naked Lady
I'm New Here
FYI Bought a new Lycoming 0-320 engine package through Van's last year. After having built another experimental with a car engine, thought this would be bulletproof. First flight October 2. Put 6 and a half hours on the engine, then a bad surprise. BIG fuel leak on start up.Carb is culprit. Fortunately, this happened on the ground. Took carb off. Phone calls to Lycoming.Send unit to shop. Shop says"defective float- this model (MA-4SPA) had a float that could leak. Replaced it with a float that cannot leak." If a run of carbs was produced with this defective float, shouldn't somebody say something?