carb run rich, leaned out now doesnt run well.

[dave18]

Hi peeps i set my solex 34. pict4 carb up beutifully the other month but the past few times peeps have driven behind me they have said they can smell the petrol, and i had a quick whiff and yup she was running rich, so i leaned it out with the mixture screw and also wound the idle down a tad, well now she aint likeing it at all, i only tunred the mixture screw 1/4 of a turn. but now it missies pops sputters and generaly not happy and feels a lack of power,

Now im thinking that maybe my points and condensor need replacing soon as well and its a 00hell ( yes i know they dont like or work toggehter with out playing with them but its all i got for now)

so any ideas what the problem could be, could it be just that i need to run that bit richer with the 00hell, or is it something else, btw ive gone from 30mpg to 27ish


Also i noticed that the engine was rather warm before i alterd the mixture now the fan shroud is a lot cooler and that was after a longer run. if that helps.
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[Bruce Tweddle]

You need to adjust the carb according to the procedure listed in the Bentley manual.  If you do this, it will run perfectly and not stink out your followers.

[dave18]

thats how i did it, and i then went by a solex manual for the carb aand they were the same.

think i might of found the sputtering problem ,= electrical, will find out tommorow