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gasket tear in carb. cause sputtering?

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Topic: gasket tear in carb. cause sputtering?

Posted By: troy(el paso, il)
Subject: gasket tear in carb. cause sputtering?
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 11:12am

Hello All-

I think I know the answer to this one already, but I wanted to check with the experts. I took apart my carburetor on my WD45 yesterday to clean it and noticed a small tear in the gasket that goes between the fuel bowl and the upper portion of the carb. Would a small tear there be enough to cause sputtering at idle? Thanks....

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Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 11:39am

Lets in air changes the mixture. Had one in a Ford car once that whistled a different pitch according to the throttle setting. Couldn't find one so made one of a cereal box and it worked fine for years.

If you make your own pay attention to the small passages that have to have a clearance hole in the gasket.

Gerald J.

Posted By: Soilguy
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 4:14pm

I suspect it sure could. Might be more noticeable at higher aspriation rates, that is, higher rpms. You might...just a suggestion...check the timing. My D-14 runs great, but had a little puffing miss that went away under load. I moved the distributor just a tad, and that was the end of the miss. Good luck. Larry