Re: gas shooting carb question
Are you cutting corners on something that could lead to bigger problems. Higher gas consumption due to improper fuel to air ratio richness, gas leakage into bilge, starting issues, exhaust fumes, engine performance due to either too rich or too lean, burned valves because its too lean, fouled spark plugs cause its too rich.
Now your question "should I take the carb off and look at the float". Do you know the correct height to set the float at? Not all floats are set level. Do you know for a fact that the exact proper rebuild kit was used (correct inlet needle)? If you do pull the carb apart shake the brass float if it has one and see if you feel or hear any fuel sloshing around. If so get another float. While it is apart recheck everything for being at rebuild specs. Check to see if it wasn't just a piece of debris obstructing the needle from seating. Make sure the inlet needle seat is not loose and it has the right seal below it. I have had one or two floats just get stuck because they traveled lower than their normal bowl empty range and the needle was at a slight angle and could not free itself. Meaning its just hung up, and that's why I mentioned earlier to just tap lightly and see if its still a problem.
