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Carburetors are the parts that are responsible for creating a perfect air fuel mixture before being sucked into the engine, most cars with carburetors are now obsolete but still if you want a perfect look on your hot road or your drag race car, carburetor is still the part for you.

Carburetors are easy to repair and do not have very complex mechanisms, to repair these carburetors we can buy the carburetor kits and parts that are easily available at PartsAvatar and moreover just have to select your vehicle model and we will show you the most optimum kit for your carburetor.

Carburetor is located just before the intake manifold and after the air filter assembly, near the engine. Air flows from the top of the carburetor and fuel is connected on the side. A carburetor can be also a multi barrel carburetor.

1. Carburetor Gasket - Carburetor base gasket is made from durable heat-resistant nitrite rubber compound material. It is used to seal fit the carburetor with air intake manifold.
2. Carburetor Jets - These jets control fuel flow into the system. The shape of the entry, exit, and size determines flow. A carburetor jet is a tiny hole in the narrow end of a carburetor tube. This jet is responsible for allowing fuel to be drawn into the intake.
3. Needle And Float - Needle and float are parts of a very important mechanism, the float floats above the fuel in the flood tank and moves the needle up or down, when the level of fuel goes less the needle moves down and opens the valve to let more fuel come in.
4. Idle Screw - This is the screw by which we can control the amount of fuel going in the system even when the throttle is zero.
5. Carburetor Accelerator Cable - This is a part that can most probably the first part to get damaged, this is the throttle cable, it is connected to the accelerator and the throttle valve.

Parts in Carburetor kits need to be of good quality, since this mechanism is a completely mechanical system, so each link need to work perfectly so that the whole system works at highest efficiency.

Parts available at PartsAvatar are manufactured by companies like Holley, Walker and many more that are the leading companies in the market and use the highest quality material and machining process to manufacture each part.

1. Float Chamber - Float chamber is the reservoir for the fuel, it stores fuel in small quantities for the venturi to such in. It has the needle assembly that maintains the level of fuel in the float tank.
2. Strainer - It is used to filter fuel before entering the carburetor, otherwise any particles in the fuel will block the nozzle.
3. Metering System - The metering system controls the flow of fuel into the nozzle. It is responsible to form a correct mixture of air-fuel. It consists of two main parts, Metering orifice and Fuel discharge nozzle.
4. Idling System - It is a bypass path from the float chamber to directly into the venturi, this path only opens when the system is idling.
5. Throttle Valve - It is a butterfly valve situated at the exit of the venturi tube. It controls the speed of the vehicle by providing a controlled amount of mixture.
6. Choke Valve - It is the same as the throttle valve in construction but situated at the entrance of the venturi tube. This is used to provide a very rich mixture during starting in the cold season.

few of the common problems that can occur are.

• Stuck butterfly valves
• Float chamber leaking
• Bottom gasket leaking
• Formation of extra rich fuel mix
• Damaged nozzle
• Clogged nozzle

There are various symptoms by which a vehicle owner/ driver can easily predict the problem with his vehicle’s Carburetor. Few of the symptoms that help to get to know if any of the above mentioned problems exist or are going to occur are.

1. Reduced Engine Performance - This is the first symptom that we can see, because carburetor is responsible for fuel and air flow into the system, so in case the carburetor develops any problem this will be the first thing we can notice.
2. Black smoke from exhaust - Black smoke shows that the engine is running on extra rich fuel mix, this can be due to faulty float chamber of damaged butterfly valves also.
3. Backfiring or overheating - This is another common symptom that can occur if there is any problem with the carburetor that is restricting it from making proper lean or rich mixture when required.
4. Hard starting - Hard starting is another symptom commonly associated with a bad or failing carburetor. If carburetor is unable to maintain proper air fuel balance at the cold start, then it will lead into hard starting.

Many of the tools required to change Carburetor Kits And Parts are probably already in your toolbox. If not, purchasing these tools will be a good investment since most of them can be used for a multitude of other tasks.

• Start with the right protection gear
• Wrench set
• Allen Wrench set

One of the biggest and most well-known brands for Carburetor Kit Parts are available with us at Parts avatar.

• Carburetor Kits
• Carburetor Base Gasket
• Needle & Seat
• Jet
• Accelerator Pump
• Carburetor Rebuild Kits
• Float

Carburetors parts are not very expensive as compared to modern parts like fuel injectors, Carburetor parts may cost from around 50 CAD to 200 CAD depending on the contents of the kit.

Replacing these parts is a very basic backyard job, carburetors are always very easy to repair.

As we have read there are many carburetor kit parts, here we will discuss about how to change carburetor gasket.

Step 1

Remove the engine cover and the air filter.

Step 2

Remove the air filter chamber and you will find the carburetor just under it.

Step 3

Visually locate all the bolts that have attached carburetor to the intake manifold.

Step 4

Remove any bolts holding it, just slightly lift the carburetor and slide the gasket under it.

Step 5

Make sure that the gasket is placed properly and re-assemble all the bolts.