About the only thing that would cause overflow is a float valve leaking
or float set at the wrong height. The fuel level should be well below
the jet tops. Needles & jet settings would not affect this problem.
Dave Russell
James Shope wrote:
>need help. helped a club member rebuild a set of bj8 carbs that had a lot of
>gunk and corrosion in them. jets were frozen to the tube and rubber
>disintegrated when we took it apart. put new kits in and everything looked
>good. after putting them on we get lots of gas coming out of the manifold
>drains. kept leaning jets until could not go further but gas still kept
>draining and engine was running rough with lots of smoke. needle valves are
>working correctly and fuel pump was not changed. could the kits have had too
>large of jets or would changing to larger needles in the pistons lean it out?
>TIA hjim
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