316 e30 m10 fuel leaking onto manifold

[sorrydaddy]

Hello I'm new to the forum, I'm looking after my friends 1983 316 Auto and have just found a pretty large fuel leak!!

I'm no mechanic, but I'm very happy to get my spanner out when required, but looking online it seems there isn't a lot of literature on the 316 engine.

From my small amount of research I've found the car has been fitted with a weber carb, this seems to be leaking slightly as there is fuel/gunk getting into the air filter, it looks like it needs a new gasket at the top where it connects to the air box, so any help on where I can find this would be great.

The main issue though is a lot of fuel escaping either from the carb, or a fabric covered hose that comes from it (the hose has plastic clips either end), this hose connects to a disc shaped thing that has arrows on it (not sure what this is, I'm guessing it's a fuel pressure regulator but it doesn't look like any I've found online), this disc shape thingy also has a gasket in the middle... I can get pictures if this helps?

Anyway I hope someone can help, there are a few other jobs to look at on the car, but the main one is the fuel obviously!

The car started and drove fine btw before I took the airbox off to see the carb and the fuel pouring out!

Thanks

Darren

[Jos]

Not familiar on this but my bike if the float needle is stuck it pours fuel out of a breather hose. Usually gets the rap with a hammer treatment.