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`Scavenger tube
My setup has no scavenger tube. There is a plug in the manifold and nothing in the tapped hold in bottom of the throat of the carb. I am having some fuel drip issues, so the fuel is dripping out of the hole intended for the scavenger tube fitting. Question, can you just put a bolt or some other sort of plug into the hole in the carb or is the scavenger tube absolutely necessary? Related, assume the excess fuel is a float problem? In my brand new carb installed at the end of last season.....
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It's normal for updraft carburetors such as ours to have raw fuel pool in the intake horn so to mitigate it the USCG requires a scavenge tube. It's an important safety device.
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Brent W (07-02-2017) |
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Early or late model? Early model carbs don't have the external scavenger tube.
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Bryan |
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Late model.
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Good on ya Bryan. Make it right.
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