<VV> 63' 102/PG idle (update)

[tkalp at cox.net]

Sometimes if the float drops too low the needle will cock and jam and not shut off the fuel supply as it should, resulting in a flooded engine.  Have seen it a couple of times in a Corvair.

Terry Kalp
Wichita, KS

---- Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> I have seen where the float will STICK to the bottom of the bowl if
> improperly adjusted from long term storage, and the bowl dries out. Upon
> starting the carb floods and pukes all over the engine. This on a Coupe de
> Ville, not corvair.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Frank DuVal
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 6:25 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> 63' 102/PG idle (update)
> 
> BTW, the float drop level is so the float does not rub the bottom of the 
> bowl and cause a hole in the float.
> 
> That's my opinion, as I have never read it in print.
> 
> Of course, in operation the gasoline level should never go dry and let 
> the float touch the bottom, so it's just important for the time the car 
> sits unused?
> 
> Frank DuVal
>