Vire BVR Marine Engine
Tillotson Carb

 

Above: stripped and complete carbs

Before stripping, you can check the fuel pump diagragm hasnt ruptured

    suck on the pipe going from the crankcase - there should be a resistance, if you can suck air thru - the diapragm must be broken/leaking.

another check is to make sure jets and galleries are clear

    before removing low (idle-screw) and high (power-Tbar) speed jets from the side, it is worth noting how many turns out they have been adjusted to (count the turns to the nearest eight'h of a turn until the jet GENTLY comes to a stop. noting the turns for each

    place a bowl/tray to catch the petrol, remove the two jets.

    remove the HT cap to prevent firing, and run the engine - this will eject/clear debris from the galleries, and give you an indication of the fuel supply, and contamination if any. you can also inset a piece of 1/4" (like used in windscreen washer) tube into the jet and blow out any grit?

    it might be possible to make a wire tool to clean out the bleed holes, but id advise removing/stripping instead

    replace the jets, resetting them to the original turns-out, or 1+1/4 turns out if you forgot.

if the crank case pipe is not connected it wont pump fuel

if the carb is flooding/leaking fuel - suspect the float-diapragm is compromised/leaking

 

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