When I pulled the welch plug I put the needle in to see how much the jet opens up as you back it out. This motor is GUZZLING fuel to stay running at idle at even just 2 turns out….and I have it at 3-4 turns out to make it run slightly better.

Something very obvious wrong here that my eyes aren’t seeing.

Idle jet is wide open. Must be an air leak somewhere.

This HAS TO be something others have seen. I’ve probably worked on about 100 of these motors in the last 4 years and I know I’m a neophyte compared to some of the retired mechanics who worked on these when they were current.

HELP PLEASE 🙂