 Dellorto DRLA 40's, Won't idle. |
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| mmichalik |
 Jul 4 2025, 11:20 AM
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MikeM  Group: Members Posts: 768 Joined: 27-January 16 From: Valley Center, CA Member No.: 19,600 Region Association: Southern California 
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My '74 has a set of Dellorto's on it. The car won't idle, I can rev it up and it will run but, once I take my foot off the gas, it dies.
I want to clean out the carbs, because I understand that crap will get stuck in the jets and needles and such. Does anyone have any down and dirty advice: Do this, then this, type stuff, to clean them out? I just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pDgxauguRY and will do that but, just wondering if there's anything else. I have a rebuild kit but I'm not sure I want to do that this weekend but, I can if that's the best way to go. Thanks! Mike |
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| Superhawk996 |
Jul 4 2025, 01:30 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,212 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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Clean the idle jets. Probably won’t need to bother with the rebuild kit
However - when idle jets begin to clog it’s usually a sign that there is debris in the bowl that needs to be cleaned out too or they just clog again in very short order. |
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| mmichalik |
Jul 4 2025, 01:45 PM
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MikeM Group: Members Posts: 768 Joined: 27-January 16 From: Valley Center, CA Member No.: 19,600 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Jul 4 2025, 12:30 PM)  Clean the idle jets. Probably won’t need to bother with the rebuild kit However - when idle jets begin to clog it’s usually a sign that there is debris in the bowl that needs to be cleaned out too or they just clog again in very short order. Thanks, Peter. I'm going out to do that now. |
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mmichalik Dellorto DRLA 40's Jul 4 2025, 11:20 AM
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