Fuel coming out carb throat

[Randyg123]

1975 135HP Johnson

Performing my link-n-sync after replacing some of the linkage and this time I had the silencer off. I noticed fuel collecting on the bottom of the carb throat in front of the choke plates. Not a lot but enough to be the culprit of my continual puddle of fuel under the carbs and the wet gaskets on the lower bowl.

No tilting was performed during this process.

Is this a symptom of a faulty/mis-adjusted float?
Or something else?

 

[F_R]

Re: Fuel coming out carb throat

Yep, bad float, mis-adjusted float, gunk in the float valve, or just plain worn out float valve.

 

[Randyg123]

Re: Fuel coming out carb throat

Thank you for the reply

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Fuel coming out carb throat

think it is time to consider investing in some carb kits.

 

[jdcoombs]

Re: Fuel coming out carb throat

With carbs this old, I've discovered that many can have the needle valve seats plain worn out. Also, the pivot holes for the float can be worn giving too much play in the float. And then there's varnish build-up. If you can, I'd recommend having it cleaned, inspected and rebuilt by someone who really knows his business. Then next time you'll have an easy time rebuilding it yourself.