Carb and fuel issue question

[rich weyand]

tell the "mechanic" hes not a good mechanic if he want to just toss a quad. most back yard mechanics go by hearsay and if someone automatically judges the quad by what they hear instead of witness they arnt a true mechanic. the quad isnt a bad carb its just an O.E. carb. so it has some years and miles on it. just like any other carb you put on there give it 20 years and it will be running like crap also. you can rebuild one for way less then a new carb and yet it will be tuned in to your truck no need to change needles or jets cause its set up from the factory unlike holley and edelbrock. but it does sound like a float problem

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[46binder]

Well the carb guy came to his shop on a Sunday for me.  He had said over the phone probably contaminants, I watched him take the carb apart, sure enough, some small pieces that looked like metal shavings.  He put in a new needle and seat just in case the old one was scarred, cleaned and blew it out, new filter, and ran it on the engine while I watched.  Took the carb back to work where the truck was, and it runs great.  Don't know where the sediment came from, new tank and lines, he said it doesn't take much. 

[Irish_Alley]

could of been just in the fuel bowls. even with fuel filters we had to rebuild a couple carb because when mudding all sorts of stuff gets mixed up