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Kavesh:
Hi, I recently overhauled my quadrajet which is mated to a Holden 308 V8 motor.

Motor is idling reasonably well. However, when I removed the vacuum advance hose from the carb I noticed that there was traces of fuel in it. It was wet with fuel. I have looked through the carb and that port through the float bowl and base plate leads to the intake and does not come in contact with fuel, unless the carb is dumping fuel into the intake. i don't believe that it is running rich either as my plugs suggest that if anything I may be a little lean
I must admit that I did not notice this in the past but I am pretty sure that fuel should not be there.
Has anyone experienced this before and can assist me with a fix please.
Thanks in advance
Kavesh

Cliff Ruggles:
Unlikely it's got a leak path between the fuel bowl and that port. 

I'd put a might-vac pump on it, fill the bowl with fuel and see if you can pull any into the pump.  If not it's not coming from the carburetor fuel bowl.......Cliff

Kavesh:
Thanks for the reply Cliff.
I do not have a vac pump so cannot perform that test.
What I have established is that the port does down into the intake. I followed the holes through the carb to determine this.

Would a high float level cause more fuel to be dumped into the intake? My float is set at 5mm measured at the toe end of the float.

hiy_po:
I am new to this site as well so just my 2 cents. Think you should be at about 7.5mm so maybe tad high. One thing I notice when mine is high is fuel in the purge line that goes down to charcoal canister. Maybe check that hose for fuel as well.

Umm ignore that just googled your part number and it looks earlier than mine so no charcoal canister but I think they were set lower again than the newer ones so maybe drop it about 3mm measured where you mentioned from end of float.

Kavesh:
Just an update, I have lowered my float level from 5mm to 10mm.
When I took the vehicle for a drive I found that it now has a hesitation when the accelerator is depressed, this was not an issue before with the float at 5mm.
I had a look at my plugs and it suggests that it is on the lean side as its light brown in colour.
There is no fuel at the vacuum advance port as well.
Do you think the hesitation is due to the float level. My carb spec says float should be at 11.9mm on a stock motor which is what mine is.
My jet size is 71 with primary rods 45 B.
I have 76 jets which I am tempted to try with the float left at 10mm. Opinions?
Please assist with advice here.

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