Perry is absolutely right. Stuck needle is almost always the cause and a
nonmetallic handled screwdriver is the cure.
Keith Pennell
> Subject: Re: Carb leak
>
> The accepted diagnostic method, by all ham fisted mechanics with tool boxes
>full of hammers and bigger hammers, to determine if the float is sunk or the
>float needle is stuck open is to take a large screwdriver with a non metalic
>handle and rap the top securing banjo bolt on the float bowl vertically two or
>three times. This will almost always fix, albeit sometimes temporarily, a
>stuck float needle which is more common than the sinking float. For a sinking
>float you must remove the banjo bolt that you just beat the mess out of. Have
>a great weekend.....
> Aloha
> Perry
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