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Mercruiser Quadraflush Carb Q

Git'n pissed. Fired up Cruis'n Rulz! first time this year. Ran fine for about 1 min, then gas started coming out the float bowl vent on the Rochester Quadraflush 4M. Rats! Float sunk, I thought. Pulled the carb top. The float was the foam type, and felt heavy. Cool. Pulled the carb and went through it. Replaced the float with a brass type. Set it up, and installed. Ran good for a minute, and as before, gas started coming out the vent. I thought MAYBE I flubbed the float setting, so took the top off and rechecked. OK. So... Possibly have a bad new needle and seat, But I'm thinking more like fuel pressure problem now. Does the Mercruiser mechanical FP have a pressure reg built in? Do they stick sometimes? Getting tired of pulling the carb top.... JR \
JR
May 18
2006
I don't know anything about Mercruiser specifically, but MOST (not all, for the pig pilers!) mechanical fuel pumps on cars are not adjustable, they are just made to pump 5 or 6 p.s.i. sometimes more (again, not all for the pig pilers). There are exceptions, like Edlebrock makes high performance mechanical fuel pumps that are adjustable, used mainly on racing applications. Like you, I could see a needle/seat being bad and causing it to run rich or something, but to overflow that much seems to indicate something else. basskisser
May 19
   

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