505SR Carb Diagnosis Questions

From: Dave Najarian (dnaj11@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon 28 May 2001 - 04:00:20 UTC

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    Got my 505SR, a eurospec sedan running today. It was sitting for several
    years in a barn before I purchased it. I was told the car drove to the barn
    fine but after suffering a light front hit. From sitting, the float was
    stuck open and the carb was pouring stale gas into the crankcase.

    So my friend, peugoet knowledgable,disasembled and flushed the carb. Got
    everything freed up as best as possible. I put the carb on and the car fired
    up after a few cranks.

    But the car runs to fast as if the choke is not releasing. This is a two
    barrel solex carb but not like its american cousins. Also there are coolant
    lines running to it. Does the coolant tempeture help kick off the choke? I'm
    a bit confused about this carb because it is not like any in the US spec
    books. How can I diagnose the coke pulloff? Is there a way to manually
    disconnect it. Should the flaps in the barrels of each carb open after the
    car warms up. The flaps stay mostly closed leaving a few milimeters open. I
    can open the flaps by hand but that causes the car to run faster.

    There appears to be a idle speed screw on the passenger side, a big screw



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