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Rochester quadrajet leaking from top fuel bowl? And needle

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Old 06-16-2012 | 11:56 AM
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From: Bethel Park pa
Car: 1984 Chevy Camaro
Engine: 305
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 7.5in 10 bolt with 3.08
Rochester quadrajet leaking from top fuel bowl? And needle

When I start the engine up, it's starts overflowing thru the needles and goes on the top of the fuel bowl. I rebuilt this carb and it worked well before. I can't figure out what's wrong. Any ideals?
Old 06-16-2012 | 01:57 PM
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Car: 84 Z28, '15 Colorado
Engine: L69
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Re: Rochester quadrajet leaking from top fuel bowl? And needle

Your float is either set wrong or stuck in the down position. Your car is probably running very rich too. You can pull a plug to find out.

I rebuilt my quadrajet and I have fuel coming up through the top and out of the exhaust. Same symptoms as you. Needless to say the carb is coming back off today.....
Old 06-16-2012 | 05:45 PM
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Re: Rochester quadrajet leaking from top fuel bowl? And needle

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Your float is either set wrong or stuck in the down position. Your car is probably running very rich too. You can pull a plug to find out.

I rebuilt my quadrajet and I have fuel coming up through the top and out of the exhaust. Same symptoms as you. Needless to say the carb is coming back off today.....



Yea my floats looks bent at the hinge. Maybe that's causing it to stick open. I'm putting a new float in now hoping that fixes it
Old 06-17-2012 | 11:51 PM
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Re: Rochester quadrajet leaking from top fuel bowl? And needle

I took apart mine and everything seemed 'good.' I still took the whole thing apart and put everything back to initial settings. I hope this fixes my problem as well.
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