Fuel puddling in carb

[levinmark11]

Hey guys, got a question, today after making a few runs, my wife was ideling back to me and the boat stalled out and would not start for her, when I got back in the boat, I pulled the flame arrestor to look at the carb and found a constant drip of fuel and puddleing of fuel in the front two barrels. After throttleing up to about 3/4, it fired up after a few cranks and was fine. It happened one more time after that. The carb is new from the fall of '10 and has about 75 hrs. of use from last year. Any guidence or suggestions on how to resolve this issue? Thanks

Mark

[Nautiquehunter]

Sounds like you have a leaking float or possibly a blown power valve if its a Holly. You can try to clear the float by raising the rpms to around 1500-2000 and putting your hand over the top of the carb to choke the air supply [Remove your hand before the engine dies repeat a few times until dripping stops at idle] . This will force a lot of fuel through the carb and may flush out the debris holding the float open . If this fails a tear down and inspect will be necessary.

[levinmark11]

Thanks for the info, I'll give that a try. Others I have been talking to say the same thing about the float. Thanks again for the quidence

[Mikeski]

I just rebuilt my Holley and did not replace the float needles as mine were good and I did not want to mess with them. If you want mine PM with your address and I will send a bag of goodies your way.

mikeskiw@gmail.com