Club Car DS 2007 Carb Questions

[YankMachain]

Originally Posted by lockman1

It could be an air leak, (crack in the intake tube, bad gasket, filter cover not tight)
Run it part throttle in maintenance mode, and spray carb cleaner all over the filter box, intake tube, and carburetor,
If the rpm's change while your spraying it, you have an air leak somewhere!
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If the rpm's don't change... and the carb was as "buggered up" as you say it was, your better off just replacing it!
(rebuild kits for these are basically just a gasket set)

Now... IF you decide to just replace it, you have two options,
1) an OEM carb (rather pricey, around $180)
OR...
2) a cheap china knock off on Flee-Bay for around $20

IF... the cart is yours, and you don't want to replace the carb EVER AGAIN... go with the OEM carb,
IF... you don't want to spend the money, and you don't care if the carb lasts 3 or 4 years, then go with the Flee-bay carb.

It's your call!

No RPM change with the carb cleaner.... I'm going to get an aftermarket carb from David at Revolution... still have big block in the back of my head.... so 3 years is fine.

[lockman1]

[YankMachain]

Got the new aftermarket carb on from David at Revolution.... runs like a new cart!!.

[DannyAbear]

I read somewheres that the chinese carbs are prone to the butterfly breaking or the screws breaking and trashing the engine; I bought one on ebay but scared to install it. Has anyone else had problems with them?

[BLACK DEATH]

In the race car scene we always red thread lock the throttle blade bolts.

[lockman1]

I don't have any experience with the $20 carbs, Just from what I've read on here!
Cart mechanics hate them... and D-I-Y cart owners love them!

but I'll suspect that the throttle plate shaft doesn't have tight tolerances like the OEM or good aftermarket carbs do,
the only thing I can suggest is to see IF the throttle plate "squeaks" against the throttle body when operating it by hand,
If it does? you may run into future problems.

I only have experience with 3 carb's that had broken throttle plates,
One had the plate and screws missing (that someone brought to me to check)
I said... "Uh oh... you might have a problem!"
I handed it back to him, and told him that he may need to get his engine rebuilt!
(I don't know what ever happened with that)

Two of them had half of the butterflies missing, but the screws were intact,
This one I replaced for a friend at the campground, and explained that there maybe some damage... or not...

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He said... "It didn't matter, the engine needs to be rebuilt anyway, I just need it running!"
He had it rebuilt the next winter, and the rebuilder found the broken throttle plate lodged in the intake port... lucky him!

[lklclubcar]

lockman1 - in the picture, what is screw # 9, and what should it be set for (how many turns). and btw, on my '93 club car ds, screw #15 does not have a tab.

[lockman1]

I saw your other thread...

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/gas-c...djustment.html

but I forgot which thread I posted this info in...

#9 is the idle set screw... because "pedal start" carts don't really idle, it has minimal use.
You can set it with the cart not running, turn it in until it just contacts the throttle cam, then back it off 1/4 turn.

[meimk]

Originally Posted by lklclubcar

lockman1 - in the picture, what is screw # 9, and what should it be set for (how many turns). and btw, on my '93 club car ds, screw #15 does not have a tab.

#9 is the idle speed screw.It won't ever come into play unless yours is a key start at which point that screw would set the idle speed. If your cart is a pedal start, that can be left loose enough to not even touch - or taken out entirely.
#15 is the idle mix screw. Normally it's set to around 1/1/2 to 2 turns out, but don't expect it to make much difference. It only effects very low rpm operation and most cart don't spend much time at very low rpms.

[lklclubcar]

lockman1 - what does carb screw #9 control, and what should it be adjusted to?