Carburetor cleanliness – O.S. Engines 21VZ-R User Manual

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Mixture Control Valve

Carburetor Body

First rotate the Mixture Control
Valve until its slotted head is
flush with the carburetor body.
This is the standard position.

CARBURETOR CLEANLINESS

The correct functioning of the carburetor depends on
its small fuel orifices remaining clear.
(See Care and Maintenance section on Page17.)

Slide Valve

Carburetor Body

Metering Needle

REALIGNMENT OF METERING NEEDLE AND
MIXTURE CONTROL VALVE

First rotate the Metering
Needle until its slotted head is
flush with the carburetor body.
This is the standard position.

In the course of making carburetor adjustments, it is
just possible that the Metering Needle and the Mixture
Control Valve may be inadvertently screwed in or out
too far and thereby moved beyond its effective
adjustment range.
Its basic position can be found by rotating the
Metering Needle and Mixture Control Valve until its
slotted head is flush with ball link the carburetor body.

Ball Link

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