RandyJ
Master Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2002
- Messages
- 808
Just needing some help thinking through this.. maybe second opinions on what to look for or "how to". It's getting gas to the bowl. As long as I dribble gas into the carb throat it runs like new. Even if I pump the bulb it doesn't help. It runs the same even with the top off the carb bowl. Obviously the problem is in getting the fuel from the bowl into the carburator. I've cleaned the jets and ports and when I use WD-40 with it's straw the oil goes into the bowl and carb throat if squirted into the jet. This leaves me to think the base gasket is leaking. I just put a brand new base gasket on. Not very likely the base gasket is leaking but would like to figure out an easy way to determine if the problem is clogged fuel circuit or leaking base gasket... or what else I should be looking for that I'm missing. If I can figure this out and fix it then I've got 3 more old motors doing the same thing....and yep, I've been in their carbs too...
