NITROPHYL FLOATS
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NITROPHYL FLOATS
WILL THEY ABSORB FUEL OVER TIME AND CAUSE PROBLEMS?
JUST WONDERING I CHANGED MY CAM THIS YEAR A LITTLE MORE LIFT SAME DURATION LSA IS 108 OLD WAS 111,CAR KINDA STUMBLES WHEN I LAUNCH IT(FOOTBRAKE)I TRIED BIGGER SHOOTER AND JETS,WENT DOWN IN JETS STILL DOES THE SAME THING,LAST YEAR I HAD NO PROLEMS,BUT I DID NOT DRAIN THE VP 110 OUT OF THE CARB OVER THE WINTER.TOOK IT APART BEFORE I FIRST RACE IT FUEL HAD EVAPORATED.I BLEW OUT THE CARB PASSAGES AND PUT ALL NEW GASKETS IN IT ALSO.
JUST WONDERING I CHANGED MY CAM THIS YEAR A LITTLE MORE LIFT SAME DURATION LSA IS 108 OLD WAS 111,CAR KINDA STUMBLES WHEN I LAUNCH IT(FOOTBRAKE)I TRIED BIGGER SHOOTER AND JETS,WENT DOWN IN JETS STILL DOES THE SAME THING,LAST YEAR I HAD NO PROLEMS,BUT I DID NOT DRAIN THE VP 110 OUT OF THE CARB OVER THE WINTER.TOOK IT APART BEFORE I FIRST RACE IT FUEL HAD EVAPORATED.I BLEW OUT THE CARB PASSAGES AND PUT ALL NEW GASKETS IN IT ALSO.
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Jeff, just to answer your original question. Yes those floats sometimes can get soaked with fuel. Take them out when they have been sitting in a full fuel bowl and weigh them comparing to the weight of a new one to see if they have gone bad. Unfortunately you have to buy a new one to get the weight in the first place unless you can borrow a new one.
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