Cliff's Quadrajet Parts and Rebuild Kits

General Category => Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips => Topic started by: clumsum on November 11, 2013, 05:25:10 PM

Title: Loose mixture screw
Post by: clumsum 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?

Title: Re: Loose mixture screw
Post by: 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

Title: Re: Loose mixture screw
Post by: clumsum on November 12, 2013, 04:59:48 PM

Thanks Cliff!

Title: Re: Loose mixture screw
Post by: Ethan1 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.

Title: Re: Loose mixture screw
Post by: makomark 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.