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Carburettor
Hi need help on this....I've managed to get fuel pumped through to carb...but it's overfilling and coming out of the top....any suggestions
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Re: Carburettor
Hi again
Could be a few things causing this.
1. Is the new fuel pump you fitted of the correct rating for the car. Carb engined cars only need a pump of about 3 - 5 psi max.
2. Most likely culprits for carb overflowing are a) Top gasket on carb knackered. b) carb needle valve not seating or stuck open or c) float in float chamber punctured or its height not correctly set.
I advise you buy a Haynes manual which will tell you how to strip the carb and reset everything correctly. A full rebuild kit with needle valve and all other gaskets for a 32/36 Weber is available on ebay for about £20 if you find you need it.
Hope this helps.
Could be a few things causing this.
1. Is the new fuel pump you fitted of the correct rating for the car. Carb engined cars only need a pump of about 3 - 5 psi max.
2. Most likely culprits for carb overflowing are a) Top gasket on carb knackered. b) carb needle valve not seating or stuck open or c) float in float chamber punctured or its height not correctly set.
I advise you buy a Haynes manual which will tell you how to strip the carb and reset everything correctly. A full rebuild kit with needle valve and all other gaskets for a 32/36 Weber is available on ebay for about £20 if you find you need it.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Carburettor
Ok cheers Paul...thanks for the advice
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Re: Carburettor
Stuck needle valve will cause the carb to overflow, some light taps with say a rubber hammer should free it up, but just get the carb rebuilt or get a new one.
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Re: Carburettor
Get a new carb because of a stuck needle valve? Really? Or do you mean get a new needle valve.3 Litre Power wrote:or get a new one.
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Re: Carburettor
Ok no probs just bought a kit for 20 of eBay. .
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Probably best policy anyway if the car has been laid up for a long time. Have you got a manual to guide you? Be careful removing the horseshoe clip from the choke pull down lever as it's easy to lose them!Dreamachine wrote:Ok no probs just bought a kit for 20 of eBay. .
Also clean the outside of the carb before stripping it and work on it on a clean sheet of paper - it's vital no dirt or shit gets inside and blocks any of the jets.
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Ok cheers paul for the advice
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I am pretty sure that I have a carb stripdown/rebuild walkthrough with pics, saved from a website which someone posted, before the Photobucket disaster. If you want that just let me know, that's assuming you have a Weber 32/36, you can probably find others around though.
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Re: Carburettor
Ok thanx I'll let you know if I need that
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Re: Carburettor
If your running a facet fuel pump u will need a pressure regulator. Iv got a Filter King one. Your facet will be running a lot higher than the recomended 3.5psi.
My filter King one has a little gauge on top of a glass bowl with a filter in. You adjust the pressure by turning a little screw in the top
My filter King one has a little gauge on top of a glass bowl with a filter in. You adjust the pressure by turning a little screw in the top
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Yeah there is a regulator on it..the one with the dial numbers 1-4
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Re: Carburettor
It says restoration project on his profile, i assume the car has been sitting for more than a while so the carb is probably past its best as a whole?pbar wrote:Get a new carb because of a stuck needle valve? Really? Or do you mean get a new needle valve.3 Litre Power wrote:or get a new one.
If the carb is otherwise ok then no, just a new needle valve.
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Re: Carburettor
Re done the carburettor with a kit off eBay..replaced the needle valve and jets..job sorted
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Excellent, well done. And thanks for updating the thread with the solution
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Nice one Dreamachine, hope it's running OK now.
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Re: Carburettor
Yeah seems to be...come across another problem now
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Re: Carburettor
Welcome to classic car ownership!!Dreamachine wrote:Yeah seems to be...come across another problem now