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Old 24-12-18, 23:16
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Originally Posted by pauldavies View Post
Hi Jonathon and I see what you mean, I had all sorts of dramas with not enough fuel going in then too much till I sorted it all out, See how you go but the carbi is sensitive to the fuel pressure going in, have a great Christmas and New year.
Paul
Hi . The carbies were gravity fed on the earlier models like the CS8 , these have a vacuum petrol system . The carby on the C8 , the military updraft is I think the same gravity fed type and it requires a low pressure feed otherwise the float bowl is overfilled.
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