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On 7 Jun 2005 at 22:03, Brad Mularcik wrote: > The > left carb (kadron) is leaking around tthe float. The guys at lowbudget.com > where I bought the ccarb says that the problem is most likely too much fuel > pressure. He said it is overcoming the float valve. An increase in fuel pressure WILL raise the fuel level in the bowl, but there's really NO way that it can "overwhelm" the float valve. Your float valve is leaking, or the valve is loose and the fuel is leaking around it. The reason that overwhelming is impossible is that the float valve is small, so the FORCE on the float valve by the gas is miniscule. The FORCE on the valve by the float is the boyant force on the float multiplied by the mechanical advantage of the float lever arm, which is easily much larger. If you take the carb off and just turn it upside down you the weight of the float should be enough to shut it so you can't blow thru it. Try blowing thru it right side up and upside down. Then take it apart and inspect the float valve. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~