REME 245 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 One of the carbs on my Daimler AC is flooding after rebuild leaking out of the top cover gasket. Assuming that the float has not sprung a leak can this be cured by simply bending the arm very slightly which acts upon the inlet valve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I've bent an arm to get a better cut off. On another carb I rebuilt using a full repair kit I eventually found a tiny dry solder joint in the float that allowed fuel to seep in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, REME 245 said: One of the carbs on my Daimler AC is flooding after rebuild leaking out of the top cover gasket. Assuming that the float has not sprung a leak can this be cured by simply bending the arm very slightly which acts upon the inlet valve? Another way is to add another washer under the needle valve, it saves messing with the float, unless of course the float is leaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 I will have a play this weekend. It did not leak before being rebuilt but I don't want to send it back to the company if I can avoid it as it will take so long to come back.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just realised, on that carb the arm is not attached to the float. I did have a problem with one of those Solex float needle valves recently, it was flooding and the needle movement did not feel right, so I carefully dissected it and found the needle has a Viton tip on the sealing end, this had detached from the metal needle. Obviously a recent replacement and believe this could be due to ethanol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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