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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eHoefler wrote:
Actually, that area is part of the fuel bowl of the carburetor. The rods going down in the fuel are your secondary fuel metering rods. When the secondary throttle plates open, air is drawn in causing the butterfly to open and raise the metering rods allowing fuel to flow into the secondary bores. As far as the high idle, there are two different ways to adjust it, depending on the series of the carburetor. Most common, there is a high idle adjusting screw on the cam, the other way requires to bend the high idle cam rod.
Thanks. Mine has an adjustment on the cam. I haven't messed with it since it's not running at the moment. Once I get it put back together I'll see what I can do to get it to factory specs. The emissions sticker says high idle should be 1900 RPM, normal idle 700.
