Quadrajet Carb Leaking?
I bought a remanufactured Q-Jet for my motorhome when I put the "new" engine in. Let me first say that it runs awesome. Plenty of power, no stumbling, smooth idle. When it's warm anyway. The choke ope...
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RLS7201 wrote:
rjxj & PaulJ2 have it right. Flip that rascal over, remove the base and fix the well leak. Either repair method will work. Or do both.
While your turning screws, the foam float provided by OEM is lacking. Find a brass replacement.
Those first Q-Jets drove us mechanics nuts until we found all the flaws and how to correct them.
Another word of caution. Put a washer on the front 2, 5/16" mounting bolts. Those bolt heads will cut into the aluminum lid. The only OEM to do that was Oldsmobile. Olds used bolts with washers built on the head.
While I'm on a Q-Jet rant. I that itty-bitty fuel filter in the front of he carb is the only filter in the system, install an inline fuel filter ahead of it.
Richard
Thanks. I do have washers on the front bolts. And I have an inline filter at the tank, too.
And...I have a plastic float. I had to take the top off of it to figure out what was going on with the accelerator pump. The friggin plastic plunger came off the rod and got wedged in the bore. Maybe from operating it while it was dry. Dunno. So the mystery is solved, but I boogered up the base-to-top gasket so I'll have to wait until a new one comes in.
