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Originally Posted by sfort

IC2 it has a Holley. I am going to have to change the auto supply I have been using! Did not see any of these products there. I do have alcohol though. Thanks for the help guys!!

You don't want to use regular isopropyl alcohol from the drug store - it is 70% alcohol, 30% water. Denatured alcohol from the solvents section at the hardware/paint store will work OK - it is a clean burning fuel alone if you cannot find HEET or something like it which says it removes water.

Heck - even some of the STP and injector cleaning products will work - but even Texas has to have some sort of dry gas product. Wally World/Advance/Auto-Zone/Pep Boys/Checkers/ should have something - just look in the chemicals aisle.

Everclear(95%), pure moonshine, or 100% alcohol will bind with the water and make it burnable so you should be able to drive it without problems. . HEET does the same for the same reasons.
Like IC2 said, check the filter. It may not be gas, but crud or rust that got in there. I have a Mikuni carb on a Harley that used to have the float stick open and pour gas out the overflow. It drove me nuts, when it first started. I had my Harley Mechanic rebuild the carb. It worked great, he bench tested it, and no problems. The minute I ran the bike, boom, stuck float, gas everywhere. He rebuilt it a second time, still same problem. We sent the carb back to Mikuni at their request. It turned out there were microscopic glass beads in it. Ultimately, the gas tank liners were wearing out, and small amounts of glass beads were leaking out of the seems, into the gas. I had to get both tanks, relined, but have never had the problem since. It seems that when painters do custom paint jobs on gas tanks, they glass bead the metal. Since we are talking microscopic residue, it's near impossible to see.
Point is it may just be crud in there.