Leaking carb (onto heat exchanger )

[Tatty Chap]

Hi,

Been looking around the forum and can see similar posts but want to explain my issue just in case.

After driving recently I noticed that there was a little pool of oily petrol on the tarmac, thought it was kinda odd that it stopped dripping after 5 mins and smelt of petrol.

Got home and found that it was coming from the heat exchanger, traced the route up thru the tinware and seems its coming from the carb (which would explain the preposterous fuel consumtion).

Not sure if its a gasket or a pipe, is there a good method to fine trace it ? (Talc? Washing up liquid ?)
Want if fixed ASAP as i dont wanna be going up in flames !!

[toomanytoys]

There ought to be an clean/obvoius wet patch where its coming from..

could be gasket, could be a crack, more likely its the fuel lines.. change ALL old/suspect fuel lines or you will be very sorry....

I would recomend you dont drive/start it until sorted as its a time bomb waiting to go off...