Carb Question for the repair gurus

[Limited-Time]

96 5.7 Mercruiser LX (4 brl Edelbrock Performer Series carburetor????) Carb leaks fuel when idling (visible stream). Other than running rich at idle the carb performs well. Is this a viable carb design worth rebuilding? Am wasting my time with a rebuild kit, or should I just replace the thing and be done with it?

 

[Laddies]

Re: Carb Question for the repair gurus

It would hard to belive that it wouldn't be rebuildably Just wake sure it's the marine carb and not a automotive carb

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: Carb Question for the repair gurus

It's the factory original so it's defiantly marine.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Carb Question for the repair gurus

Limited, My Rochester 4bbl drips fuel out of the primary venturi when it is dirty. I can usually use some "Jet-spray" carb cleaner and blast the (pinhole-sized) vent holes in the venturi, to clean 'em out. This stops the dripping. If it is real bad, you need to pull and clean the carb. I am not sure that was the problem you described, but FWIW.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Carb Question for the repair gurus

Ayuh,...... That's the Merc./Weber/Edlebrock/Carter Carb.......<br /><br />Great Carb,... Super Simple,...Easy to Rebuild,.....And,...Easily Tuned........<br /><br />NAPA will have a Rebuild Kit for it.......<br /><br />If you want to Optimize it,....I've seen Edlebrock Street/Stip kits with Awhole Bunch of Needles, Jets,+ Springs........<br /><br />I bought a Kit a few years ago at a Mailorder Hot Rod Parts House,.... It's a Carter Strip Kit, part # 10-201.......<br />I'm pretty sure they're the Same..... I Know All the parts are Interchangeable.......<br /><br />At the Edlebrock website there's a Tech Manual that has Way More Information than Anybody could ever need.........