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Author Topic: Carburettor Float drain screw.(solved)  (Read 3372 times)

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #25 on: 16 June 2017, 04:26:38 pm »
Mmmmm this sounds like a trip to the garage then...
Is there anything else I could try?

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #26 on: 16 June 2017, 04:57:14 pm »
Other than poking some form of wire into it, i have no idea what to use though?
And the downside is that if it is rust you run the risk of puncturing the pipe, then it's game over anyway.


Silly question,but is the cap open when you blow air up the pipes?
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #27 on: 16 June 2017, 05:00:42 pm »
What about the cap itself, you could always soak that in some warm/hot water to clear any built up crud?
I just changed mine for a shiny new one, it meant a new key but that was no problem.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #28 on: 16 June 2017, 05:08:08 pm »
I tried it with cap open and closed. Poked a coat hanger wire up there but I only got about an inch in before I hit metal. I guess I need something more flexible??
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #29 on: 16 June 2017, 05:28:14 pm »
You need something like the middle of tv aerial cable.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #30 on: 16 June 2017, 05:36:44 pm »
Haha do you know where I can get that 😆

What about pipe cleaners?

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #31 on: 16 June 2017, 05:38:17 pm »
Haha do you know where I can get that 😆

What about pipe cleaners?


Any house with an aerial  :lol


If you can find a pipe cleaner about 18 inches long then yeah, but i doubt it.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #32 on: 16 June 2017, 05:41:05 pm »
Thinking about it though, you'd have fun and games stripping the wire out of an aerial cable in one piece.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #33 on: 16 June 2017, 06:05:51 pm »
Definitely a garage job by the sound of it 😂

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #34 on: 16 June 2017, 06:29:43 pm »
Oh a colleague just recommended one of those fuel additives. Might try that before I spend garage labour rates

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #35 on: 16 June 2017, 06:56:18 pm »
Oh a colleague just recommended one of those fuel additives. Might try that before I spend garage labour rates


Fuel additive won't do anything as far as this is concerned.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #36 on: 16 June 2017, 07:03:35 pm »
So the wire is my last resort then 😢

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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #37 on: 16 June 2017, 09:07:55 pm »
I personally can't see any other option to clear it.
I've heard of those metal pipes internally corroding before and as far as i can tell it would mean another tank.
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Re: Carburettor Float drain screw.
« Reply #38 on: 04 July 2017, 03:49:18 pm »
Update: I took it to the garage and it turned out to be the immobiliser causing the problem. Weird huh?

Running really well now. Perhaps Il be able to save for those shiny stainless downpipes 😊