Carb floats

[bansheeonly]

Can carb floats being adjusted improperly make one side run rich? The right side drips a drop about every 15 seconds and its also the one that is running rich. I tried to adjust it by bending the the tab on the float but it seems like its either to much or not enough its either leaking or nothing at all. Will it just leak out the overflow or can it allow more than enough fuel to go into the motor? Thanks for any help.

[shee4speed]

I'm pretty sure the floats being out will only cause leaking.Possibly your carbs are not in sync.

[lowbuckracing]

They have to be just right...The best way to adjust is get a purge bottle you can hang and connect to your carb withit off,with a two way valve .Instead of putting on the carb evey time...Check to see if your air scews are the same..Turn them all the way closed,then 1.5 turns out on both..

[bansheeonly]

Thanks for the help guys iam going to try and adjust the float like you said hopefully i can get it right. The airscrews are three turns out on 48 pilots or half a turn out on 45 pilots doesnt seem to run bad or better on either or. Thats on 30 oko carbs.

[sinisterboo]

if the needle valves on the float are wore out it will leak, which vent are they leaking from?

[bansheeonly]

Its leaking out the vent on the bottom of the bowl i just got done trying to adjust the float again i measured the one thats not leaking and it measured 20mm so i set the other one the exact same and it still leaks a drop every 15 seconds. My main problem is that its still running rich on that side and perfect on the other. Going to check carb sync with sync tool tommorow.

[sinisterboo]

pull those float needles out, if they have a groove wore around the little rubber tip where they stick in the hole then thats your culprit. I fought a pair a while back, and no float setting in the world is gonna cure a needle that cant seal.

Edited June 3, 2008 by sinisterboo