carbs acting funny

[alumapompano]

Have 84 Johnson 70 hp .. the top carb has a lot of gas coming out ,of the high speed choke valve. I don't think its normal.. :facepalm:

 

[Silvertip]

Re: carbs acting funny

There is no high speed choke valve so it is tough to determine what you are describing. Regardless, fuel should not run out of the carb anywhere. The float and/or needle and seat are not functioning so you need to disassemble the carb and see what's up.

 

[alumapompano]

Re: carbs acting funny

sorry meant the needle.... Took the carbs apart . looks like the screws all 4 were loose on the bottom of the carbs . The gaskets were replaced a yr ago .. On all the carbs, top one the worse, screws on the bottom were all loose!!! was getting air threw the gasket seals.... Should I use locktite on these screws to keep them tight? looks like they loosen up over time .. were tight before . did they have locktite in the 80s? lol

 

[Daviet]

Re: carbs acting funny

I have never used locktite on the bowel screws, never had any problems.

 

[alumapompano]

Re: carbs acting funny

either have I , but again the screws loosen up over time. Tighten them as much as I can .this will be the second time ,after about 20 hrs of runnin ......The screws are not striptrd. I just think that once the seal was cracked on those gaskets . To replace the old cork ones with the new plastic ones . The screws now just loosen up over time from vibration or something ....That's my guess....................

 

[clanton]

Re: carbs acting funny

Use loc-ite blue, screw loc.

 

[alumapompano]

Re: carbs acting funny

kool thanks ... That was what I had in mind too ..The loc tite blue