Carb Float Issue

[goodnigh]

What would cause the carb's float to "shift"?

Had a stalling problem at idle, car ran fine

except would not idle. Had to crank the engine

longer than normal and would sometimes blow

"smoke" out the exhaust. My Holley has site

windows and the front one was full to the top.

Supposed to be half way or less. So I lowered

the bowl level, an easy task with Holley.

This is the second time the site windows came

in handy. We had a fuel delivery issue and empty

fuel bowls led to a new fuel pump. I would not

recommend the site windows you install yourself.

Some Holleys come with brass plugs you remove

and install "temporary" plastic windows for calibration

purposes. The last one we tried broke off in the carb.

mike

 

[Tubo]

So Mike

Did'Ja ever trace down the issue??

Tubo

 

[72HCODE]

The float Might be getting stuck on the front bowl. You can purchase a new bowl from summit or Holley with a new float assembly and swap them. I had to do that once I damaged my bowls with an incorrect AN hose fitting.

 

[goodnigh]

So Mike

Did'Ja ever trace down the issue??

Tubo

Don't know. Don't know what happened the first time.

Reset the float and the car is running fine now.

Turned the float adjustment nut almost 560 degrees

to bring the fuel site level back to mid window.

mike

 

[Tubo]

As long as the gremlin is gone. Glad to hear it's running fine now.

If the reascall comes back, I'd try72hcode's advise, and swap out float assembalies.

Tubo