<VV> Carb mystery

[FrankDuVal]

Yes, the float chamber on an H, HV is always vented to the atmosphere, 
BUT through the air cleaner assembly, to keep dirt out of the 
carburetor/engine.

This path hampered preventing percolation of fuel after a shutdown, so 
engineers developed the idle vent valve as another path to freedom for 
the fumes.

As Larry the Cable Gut says, Get 'er Done! Or as Tim Gunn says, Make It 
Work!  Ha!

Frank DuVal

On 3/22/2020 8:49 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> You mean the float chamber isn't always vented to atmosphere?
> On 2020-03-22 03:12, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>
>> I have no idea why you think the idle vent valve is egregious. It
>> just vents the float bowl to atmosphere (not through the air cleaner)
>> at idle to eliminate the hot percolation problem.  Real simple
>> solution to a problem. The Rochester HV is NOT the only carburetor to
>> have an idle vent valve function. And BTW, you bend the tang to
>> adjust.
>>
>> Remember, our cars need to survive (let me recalculate for you ) -20°
>> C to 50° C and from less than sea level (-100 feet, [-200 in Death
>> Valley]) to 10,000+ (Pike's Peak is 14,000!) feet in operation off the
>> showroom floor for hundreds of miles at a time.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>