Holley Carb...secondary bowl float level??
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Melting Slicks
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Holley Carb...secondary bowl float level??
I'm doing a tune up and, while checking the float levels of the carb, the primary bowl (front bowl) is spot on (barely a trickle when the sight plug is removed) BUT when I remove the sight plug for the rear bowl, the gas pours out. Shouldn't the level for the secondary bowl be the same as the primary? I can do the adjustment.....I just need to know the level.
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OK, so I thought you could adjust the secondary bowl like the first, but you can't...how do you adjust the secondary float level??
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(if it won't adjust correctly, you might have a bit of crud stuck to the tip if the needle valve, causing it to pass fuel all the time.)
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Hey, Stuart. The rear works just like the front, only the fuel does not get burned from the rear unless the secondaries are being used. Drive the car, punch it to open the secondaries, then park it on a level surface and shut down the engine. Open the sight plug and see if you have, too much or too little fuel in the bowl. Adjust the needle valve, while the engine is not running, closer to what you need. Drive the car again doing the same procedure. Check and recheck until you get it correctly set. I do not recommend that you try to set either with the engine running. The fuel goes everywhere. Stay safe. mike...
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Hey, Stuart. The rear works just like the front, only the fuel does not get burned from the rear unless the secondaries are being used. Drive the car, punch it to open the secondaries, then park it on a level surface and shut down the engine. Open the sight plug and see if you have, too much or too little fuel in the bowl. Adjust the needle valve, while the engine is not running, closer to what you need. Drive the car again doing the same procedure. Check and recheck until you get it correctly set. I do not recommend that you try to set either with the engine running. The fuel goes everywhere. Stay safe. mike...
I did what you adivised and "TaDa!!" it worked! Thanks to everyone for their input!