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yankee1919
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:14 pm    Post subject: Empi Sportster Carb Solex 30/31 Reply with quote

Hello All,

Summer is still here and I have been working on the Empi Sportsters carb.
I have a Solex 30/31 and recently found it leaking fuel.
Simple right?!
Get a rebuilt kit and slap it in and off we go! NOT!
After running the buggy I noticed the fuel was not coming from the accelerator pump but from the throttle shaft!
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It seams that the fuel is riding along the shaft and leaking from the right side of carb.

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Going on the Samba for research, I found it is common problem on the wear from the shaft to the body of the carb.

I have another carb that I will clean and check to see if it does the same thing.

Here is a pic Solex 30/31 adjustment guide I have.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster Carb Solex 30/31 Reply with quote

Sorry for the repeats!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Empi Sportster Carb Solex 30/31 Reply with quote

I bought an Hill Engineering t buggy that has a 1500 sp on it. It has one of the carbs on it, this thing hasn't run in years. I got the engine off of it and Im taking it Thursday to my mechanic (vw) so we can put it on a test stand. I cleaned up the carb best I could did not take it apart. This engine I was told by the guy I got it from it was "rebuilt" when the prior owner had it and done by the same mechanic I use. The block is really clean not much evidence of it leaking. I'm hoping it turns out alright I plan to use it on the sportster. Im saleing the rest of the buggy. I did take off the back shocks KYB Gas, I put them on already helped the ride Height.
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