<VV> [fastvair] Carburetor Mystery

[Hugo Miller]

Now you know why I like SU carbs so much ;)

On 2020-03-19 22:41, Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I'm going to go with the 'something is dirty' answer.  I had a number
> of mystery issues and finally sorted out how to clean the idle 
> circuit
> and that cleared up a lot of them.  My trick is to have the mixture
> needle installed but backed out an extra turn or two, then spray
> cleaner into the cluster hole above the idle siphon tube, and from 
> the
> other end back up the discharge port.  Solved a lot of issues for me.
> Good luck!
>
> --Bryan
>
>> On Mar 19, 2020, at 11:14 AM, 'Brian' bmoneill at juno.com [fastvair] 
>> <fastvair at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> What a mystery !  Why did these carburetors suddenly not work?  Why 
>> when all the passages a clear and I can get water to spray on my hand 
>> as if the carburetors were on the engine why do they not work when 
>> installed  on the engine?  Absolutely nothing was changed on the 
>> engine between the runs made with stock carburetors and the attempts 
>> to use the modified carburetors.
>> To say I am baffled is an understatement.  Does anyone have any 
>> ideas?
>
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