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Originally Posted by olds4life
rebuilt carb floods easily  . what can i do to fix it. what adjustments can make to prevent this in the future. thanks |
Flooding is typically caused by one of four things: dirt in the needle and seat, "heavy" float, improperly adjusted float, or excessive fuel pressure.
If the float was not replaced as part of the rebuild, that would be my first guess. The additives in gasoline today will attack the older closed cell foam floats and cause them to loose buoyancy. The result is that a properly-adjusted float will still cause the carb to flood.
If the float is new, then I'd check fuel pressure - though if it did not flood before the rebuild and the pump was not changed, then this is unlikely to be the problem.
Finally, either dirt due to a less than adequate cleaning or residual crud from installation (such as debris from installing the carb inlet fitting in the float bowl), or a mis-adjusted float are the only other choices.