leaking carb

anton 19 years ago

Hi,

Had a laying around 34 pict 3 carb (made in japan) which looked a bit filfy but not rusty and not frozen up. So while waiting for my weber

44 IDF I decided to give it a try and rebuild it. Went throught it and found it fairly clean inside. Put it on the car, fired right up. after a minute or so of runing (car was warmed up already) cut out and died. Probably bad cutoff soleniod. Either way, once the engine shut off i notied two nasty gas leaks off the carb. Looked like from it was coming from both sides of the bottom shaft. Could I have messed something up? or is this carb is too worn out and ready for the trash bin?

Thanks, Anton

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ITMFA 19 years ago

is the shaft flopping around? probably the float is not stopping the incoming fuel.

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anton 19 years ago

no shaft seems to be alright. even if float didn't stop the fuel, it shouldn't pour out like that, just flood, right?

Anton

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Dangermouse 19 years ago

I had a similar problem once; turned out that the needle valve on the carb top (the fuel shut off valve) was only finger tight. Tightened it up, problem gone. Worth checking.

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anton 19 years ago

cool, still some hope there :)

Thanks, Anton

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