Reply To: Fuel leaking from vacuum take off

David and Alistair, thanks for your responses.

It shouldn’t be leaking from any worn areas, as it’s a brand new carb.

I took the air filter off and dried things out. Cranked it with the throttle wide open (as it was most likely flooded). Never, ever seen anything like it. The moment it fired, a torrent of raw fuel shot out of this tube!

No wonder it was absolutely bathing in petrol! Looking at the parts diagram (and David’s excellent website), it would seem to be some sort of ‘balance’ tube for the float chamber? Could a stuck float do this? Must be a seriously crap copy of a Solex carb ☹️