Gas dripping from the venturi can happen on most carburetors, but we will talk about the Mercarb and the Rochester 2 Jet, 2 barrel. The only time gas should come out of the venturi is when you pump the gas throttle. That is when an extra squirt of gas is…
When your Mercarb marine carburetor is getting too much fuel there is a list of items you can check. Gas fumes, rough idle, dies after idling for a few minutes and black smoke are all indicative of too much fuel being pumped into the engine. We will assume the electrical…
This problem is a frequent occurrence on the Solex Marine 44PA1 carburetor, but it can easily be fixed and you won’t have to buy another carburetor. This can be caused from years of over tightening of the accelerator pump cover resulting in a warped cover. Whenever we rebuild one of…