steve leckey Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Just finished for the night getting a few jobs done on Opal my gt6 mk 3 after been inspired on from the Santa pod weekend, she will be back on the road soon lol.Been putting headlight pods back on thought I'll start her up for ten minutes everything fine nice tickover started easy thought this is going well then looked down she's we'ed why is it always same carb I clean it out then fine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Check your float heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 ....and needle valves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Strombergs or SU's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve leckey Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Stromberg's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 stromberg floats and valves are fairly bullet proof, the old nutshell is when fitting all the many hose joints you cut a sliver of rubber off the inside of the hose and this floats about in the supply and then jams in the back of the float needleon Stroms this gives more a blockage than open valves on SU it can get stuck in the needle port on SU its important the top of the all plastic float has no small wear marks on its contact face as these jam the valve Stroms are more substantial and have metal arms its not a problem with these check the float height is 18mm from the carb face to the highest part of the float , on some strom floats you can have two valve arms and its easy to fit the float upside down. make certainly sure no gaskets or filter is obstructing any of the small ports on the filter mounting facePete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve leckey Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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