New Gas Line

I have a 41 b and I made my own replacement gas line out of break line but i made it in a straight line from the 3 way to the carb. The original was like the one in the link below and is looped backwards then forwards. I was wondering if mine will cause problems such as flooding the carb?

Here's your picture, and no it won't cause the carb to flood. That's what the float is there to control.

It's not uncommon to have a complete 360* loop.

Frank

Since the linear coefficient of expansion for steel is around 2*(10)-5th per degree C, so a 2/3 meter fuel line going from -20C to 80C would only change about .040"-.045". Still it's something to consider, but I hope you don't have too many times when the fuel line gets hot!

I still bet it was for vibration and assembly variations. BTW, if you can find someone with a nice tubing bender for small to medium sized brake lines, you can make one that will look very sharp. Also, if you feel up to it, you can buy the new gland ends and nuts for the line from Robert's Carburetor. Add a little tinning, and you can solder new glands and nuts on there and have really nice looking fuel line.

That's nearly always one of the most tacky looking items because they get beat up over the years and replaced with copper.