<VV> [fastvair] Carburetor Mystery

[FrankDuVal]

Because they never get dirty?????

That can't be true..... Ha!

Frank DuVal

On 3/19/2020 6:54 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> 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?
>>