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Message: <blockquote data-quote="73Eldo" data-source="post: 16542" data-attributes="member: 1735"><p>Like others have said its somewhat normal to loose all the fuel in the lines and pump back to the tank after sitting for a while. Reason its not an issues is the carb should still be full which should get you started and run for 10 seconds or so which should be plenty long to get the pump primed and full again. What kind of carb does this have? I assume an autolite 2bbl? Looking at the top of the carb where the choke butterfly is there should be tube that is about 1/4" in diameter that points twards the bowl area (could be directly below it ). When you know you are going to have the problem try carefully pouring some fuel down that tube. The tube should be the bowl vent so what you will be doing is filling the bowl. No big deal if you spill a little down the throat, that will burn off quickly also. A small bowl is 1"x1". Some of the autolites were 2"x2" so they will hold a lot of gas. If you can get a carb model number I can ask some of the gurus on other sites what their problems are. I know mostly rochesters and 1bbl autolites.</p></blockquote><p></p>