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Offline 71bigblock

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Carb trouble
« on: August 11, 2007 - 03:16:17 PM »
On my Carter AVS, its leaking.  I found out why it is leaking from the throttle shaft.  After it warms up and I drive it for a while, it starts stumbling bad, and chokes itself out.  I go and look at the carb, and just above the secondary butterflys there are two brass rod things?  Anyways, gas is leaking BAD out of these, falling onto the sec. butterflys, and leaking out the throttle shaft.  The primaries also seem to be dumping in gas at idle, it looks like there is gas dripping off those little round things just above the butterflies. 

I thought that maybe the float level was off.  So I took it off and re-adjusted the float, and blew out the needles.  It still has the same symptoms, sometimes.  After it floods out, I get it going again after a few minutes, I drive home, and it doesnt do it anymore, sometimes.   :pullinghair:

Im so confoozed! 

Sorry for my bad carb terminology.   :bricks1:

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Offline 6packCuda

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Re: Carb trouble
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007 - 03:35:35 PM »
Make sure the needle and seat valve is clean and free of debris, also it's not a bad idea to replace the float as sometimes they can get a hole in them and not float anymore, therefore it doesn't stop the fuel from entering the carb.
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Offline Chryco Psycho

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Re: Carb trouble
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2007 - 02:22:05 PM »
you probably need to put a kit into the carb with new needles & seats

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