Re: [T3] carb question

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed>When I first put my carbs together, petrol would gush through them after the 
engine was switched off, diluting the oil.

One of them was fixed by changing the float valve. As has been mentioned, a 
brand new one was no good and putting an old one in fixed it.

The other one took me months to fix. It turned out that the float itself was 
worn. Over the years a depression had been worn into the part of the float 
that contacts the valve. Therefore, the float level was too high. Putting a 
new float in fixed it.


Daniel



> > But ... when the engine is running, the carbs appear to pump
> > lots of gas out the bypass tube that flows from the float chamber to
> > the throat.
>
> I had this problem also.  The first cause was a bad needle valve in a carb 
> kit (like everyone else).  However, I also had reassembled the floats 
> incorrectly.  On Solexs, the float pivot pin needs to go on top of the 
> copper "clip" spring thing in the slot.  In other words, the pivot wasn't 
> as close to the valve as it should be so it never shut off.
>
> Peter Parker
> '66 Square; Phillip
> Portland, OR
>
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