Whining about my carb problem

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Originally Posted by DeltaMustang65

Well, that was fun. Seems the carb was pre-adjusted to where it was dripping 2-3 drops of gas per second, so I adjusted it so that it dripped once every 2 seconds. It helped, the little lag is all but gone now, and even then I might be confusing it with the secondaries opening. Do you think that the carb was getting a little too much gas for it's own good?

Thanks for the suggestion, Ryan. I'm not quite so intimidated by carburetors anymore.

Where do you suggest I go from here?

Are you talking about dripping gas into the bores at idle? There should not be any dripping at all. Only at higher rpms should you be able to see gas flowing from the ventouri boosters into the carb bore. I'm wondering if the needle and seat is leaking? That will certainly make gas drip into the bore at idle creating a rough idle and black smoke from being too rich.

Adjust the floats so that the gas level is right at the bottom of the plug or if you have a sight glass right in the middle of the sight glass. At idle the only gas getting into the bores should be from the idle circuit which is not visible.

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