Carb problems?

I knew things were going too well. Today the Jeep:v6: just stopped while I was going down the road. No sputter, putt-putt or anything. Except the smell of gas. When I opened the hood I noticed gas everywhere on the intake. I took off the air cleaner and tried to start it again. When I crank it, smoke comes out of the carb. There is gas coming out from around the carb; I'm not sure from where, since I haven't been able to look at it while trying to start it. It was running fine up until this point. I would post pictures if I could, but I'm not close right now. I'll get it home a little later. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm new and I hope this is something simple that I just missed. (I do know that it has gas in the tank.)

 

Sounds like a stuck float to me. Tap the float bowl with a screwdriver handle a few times - might be just enough to unstick it - it worked for me -
Sounds like it is time for a carb rebuild......

 

Now that I think about it, the choke was stuck open. I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks.

 

Choke should be fully open. That is normal operating mode for it. Closed for cold starts, open for all other operation.

 

Ok...Uh, never mind then. I'll still give it a tap and see how that works. Thanks for the info.

 

It worked! Thank you. I got it running and back home. :driving: Now I'm a little nervous about driving it. So, about that carb rebuild...would it be better to rebuild or go for a new setup...possibly a 4 barrel?
One random question-is it natural for the entire Jeep to shake when it's idling? I thought the motor was going to fly apart, it was moving around so much. Anyways, thanks for the help.

 

sounds like you have a bad miss,normally some vibration is normal but all in all if it is "right" it runs like a singer sewing machine carb rebuild good idea,i am also checking out new carbs though wish i just had a good one to rebuild

 

sorry just caught that its a v6,these do have somewhat of a rough idle,and is normal,has something to do with the degree of the cylinder,think it was explained to me as being a little to steep of an angle for a v style engine that causes it,not much you can do for that,nature of the engine,although sounds like it could stand a good tuneup