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air bubbles in fuel line

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Hello,
Its a afo5e stock motor with a 90 jet. The other day it started to slow down while at half throttle and it just didnt have any top end after that. I noticed when it revs high there is a huge amount of air flowing up the gas line. What would cause that and how do I fix it.
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"Huge amount of air" One big bubble or a lot of little ones?
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one Big bubble at first and then its streams of little bubbles until it goes to half full. it doesnt fill back up until I stop and crank it a couple of times.
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You definitely have a a problem. It could be from the tank or the petcock causing this.

Try running without the gas cap down clear tight and see if that helps.
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if your fuel line at some point goes up just a little before the carb, that will cause bubbles and a slow fuel flow
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Okay I made sure the hose is perfect length and now its just a stream of little air bubbles. Suggestions for next thing to investigate.
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TikiMan wrote:Okay I made sure the hose is perfect length and now its just a stream of little air bubbles. Suggestions for next thing to investigate.
so the hose had a section that was going in a up hill direction?
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TikiMan wrote:Okay I made sure the hose is perfect length and now its just a stream of little air bubbles. Suggestions for next thing to investigate.
From which direction are the bubbles coming from, the top or the bottom?
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