Matt writes:
> My car has been having a tough time idling right. When it idles it will
> idle lower and lower the longer it sits at idle until it eventually stalls...
> Today I noticed that there was gas leaking out of the throttle shafts of
> the carbs.
Sounds like your float levels are too high, and you're flooding the
carbs (overpressure from the fuel pump can do this too. If you have
an electric pump, a regulator is a good idea. Pumps for american cars
typically run at a higher pressure than the foreign applications,
according to a couple of pump boxes I was reading). Pull the piston domes
(car off, of course!) and look carefully at the needle seat. You can see
the fuel level! If it's too high, it'll be spilling over into the carb.
-- John
John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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