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Good thread , this happened to my 1958 Mercedes 190SL.......
Shortly after a professional mechanic rebuilt my Solexes one of the floats developed a leak, sank, and gas poured out of the rear carb onto the starter.
I called him up and left him the garage door opener so he could fix the carb again. He left me a note saying let the car sit for twenty four hours then push it outside and open the hood before you try and start the car.
I let the car sit forty eight hours, opened the hood and tried to start the car.
There was a bang and a fireball about the size of a basket ball rising rapidly from the right side of the engine. fortunately the fireball burned out before it hit the garage ceiling. My wife yelled "what's going on out there?"
"Oh nothing" I replied as I pushed the car outside from the driver's seat using only my left leg.
fortunately there was no damage ( the hood might have melted if left closed)
I bought a set of Weber's the following week.
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