Easy Fix - Worked for me!
Guys,
I had the same problem with my SMC Alky kit. After doing some testing in the sink and contacting Steve, we decided to just add some water to the Alky and it works fine. Car runs better with about 20-30% water added to alky mixture.
In the sink tests, pure alky didn't raise the float - but pure water did. I got sick of wasting alky down the drain so I started using water. As soon as I added water instead of alky, the darn thing started to work. I e-mail Steve and he agree that pure alky has less buoyancy than water.
Hope this helps someone.