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Offline clumsum

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Loose mixture screw
« on: November 11, 2013, 05:25:10 PM »
One of my idle mixture screws is loose in the threads on my quadrajet (will wiggle around a lot) and was concerned it may be causing a vacuum leak. Was thinking of using some teflon tape to get it to fit tighter, or is there some other way to fix it? Any thoughts?
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Offline Cliff Ruggles

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Re: Loose mixture screw
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2013, 03:38:27 AM »
Probably wouldn't hurt anything to tighten it up a tad with some Teflon tape.  One of the few places associated with a fuel system that you can use that stuff.....Cliff
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Offline clumsum

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Re: Loose mixture screw
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2013, 04:59:48 PM »
Thanks Cliff!
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Offline Ethan1

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Re: Loose mixture screw
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2013, 07:07:05 PM »
Quote from: Cliff Ruggles on November 12, 2013, 03:38:27 AM
Probably wouldn't hurt anything to tighten it up a tad with some Teflon tape.  One of the few places associated with a fuel system that you can use that stuff.....Cliff

 That's a neat idea, Cliff.
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Offline makomark

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Re: Loose mixture screw
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 09:16:32 AM »
i've found that the tape will shred when doing any type of adjusting....I'd suggest PST as it will seal up better, not shred, and provide plenty of time for adjustment.
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