How To Adjust A Carburetor On Your Car

Scotty Kilmer, auto mechanic for the last 47 years, shows how to adjust a carburetor. All you need is a screwdriver and a hand, adjust a carburetor is not as hard as you might think.

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Things I used in this video:
2. Common Sense

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[tommyrptp]

Scotty Kilmer is literally keeping my 86 Firebird Trans Am alive

[alexanderbozeman]

Scotty you’re a F’n life saver man, I’ve been tuning and adjusting my carburetor for months now man. Thank you for your service

[Greig]

Love this guys editing sometimes lol just cuts off

[PorcelainShrine]

Heh, I remember doing this back in auto school and it was actually kinda fun and educational. The instructor had the engine plugged into a smog machine to read the gasses coming out and we had to adjust the carburetor so that the exhaust reach at or below state exhaust requirements.

[drbeta]

Edelbrocks are easy to tune and maintain. Quadrajet not so much, but it's a gas saver. Great video!

[mclaine]

Back when it was easy to adjust and fix anything.... Man I wish cars today could be easily fixed without needing a scan tool computer.

[brendangray]

Thank you so much! My car got repossessed recently and my only means of transportation to work is my 44 year old tank of a car. You have no idea how much I appreciate this!

[Fantazzim]

Watching your videos helped me fix my old truck. Great stuff!

[shadowdog]

This is a video on how to adjust the idle mixture and idle RPM. How about making a video on how to properly jet a carb, adjust the accelerator pump, and set the choke. Most peop leave no idea how to properly set up a carb for a new combination.

Thanks, Chris

[TEGTddyQL]

I really love your videos! They're perfect! Funny and filled with instructions and info. Thanks for doing them! :D

[Crossman]

Loved your video. Just bought a 66 mustang and I'm feeling it is time to tune the carb. Maybe even upgrade. I bought it about a week ago and I'm just getting started. I plan on getting a longer cam, headers, better hood with a scoop, and much more, including some major cosmetics. I hope by the end of the year, I will have a maroon and black pony with a mean engine to walk the walk. But I am glad I found your video to give me the official start to the restoration of my baddest dreams. God bless buddy. Give that stingray everything it wants. Lots of road and serious torque to leave its signature.

[TeeroyHammermill]

Wow!! You went back Scotty. I can't remember the last time I've seen someone adjust a carburetor. The ones on my 80's GM's had caps over the mixture screws and couldn't even be adjusted.

[jordanwiley]

Really helps to use a vacuum gauge. Get it idling as low as it will without jerking around, plug the gauge into a fitting on the intake (manifold vacuum), then adjust mixture screws .5 turn outwards at a time for each (.5 on left, .5 on right, left, right, etc) until highest vacuum reading, and then adjust idle to 700-800rpm in park. Too high of idle and the car will slam into gear. Anymore than 900rpm and most older carbureted cars with their stock 1100-1500 stall converters will start to engage. Thats why it goes into gear really hard. Manual cars idle speed can be a bit higher or lower, measured in neutral, parkng brake set and wheels chocked. Find what your engine likes.

[frostyflake.]

Thanks so much for this. My 66' C10 was stumbling at idle it was so rich. Its much much better now

[jazziejim]

Thanks Scotty. You've helped me a lot with my Saturn SLs, my Scout IIs, my Plymouth Acclaim and my girlfriend's Mitsubishi Montero. Living proof that you CAN fix stupid:-)

[SpencerHHO]

I love how you start on these massive rants but you edit it out.

[exorider]

I have almost the exact same car and was gonna waste almost 100 $ to get the carburetor adjusted now all I need to do is use a screwdriver thank you so much Scotty Kilmer you saved the day for me 👍

[matthewdaley]

Thank you, your videos are so helpful in my adventure with owning a 1990 jeep

[KnuckleHeadGarage]

definitely need more videos like this I have a 85 Chevrolet celebrity 2.8 2 barrel carburetor but it's a Rochester carb I wish u had video of something like that or close or just more videos of carburetor vehicles it would help. And love all of your videos been subscribed and watching for a long time your videos have really helped