Cleaning A Holley 4160 Carburetor | Inboard Marine Carb Care

We're going to show you how to clean out your Holley carburetor without having to rebuild it. Get all of the dirt and debris out and check for any water intrusion in your 4160 Marine Carburetor.

Make your Holley 4160 Carburetor run like brand new so you can hit the water wide open!

Don't worry, it's not that hard. Vince walks you through the whole process in this video.

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[tylerhutchinson]

I bought an 84 Bronco out of a junkyard. It has a Holley carb. I mainly have worked with Edelbrock carbs. So this video was very informative. Thank you.

[BertLangdon]

Very helpful video, Vince. Thanks for posting.
The carb in my boat was rebuilt 2 1/2 years ago and there had been water intrusion in the fuel system. So I ended up replacing all four gaskets and gave the internal parts a thorough cleaning.
The engine now starts right up and runs great.

[aubreywisby]

This guy is awesome every time I call him he’s more the happy to help me step by step. ” I’m the guy from Louisiana” haha. Every video he’s made has help me threw ever step on my boat. I just now follow this video step by step to change my carb bowl gasket and metering gaskets I recently purchased from skidim even though it was a flooding carb fix video.you guys are awesome keep up the great work!

[billsmathers]

Thanks Vince! Good instructional video and a big help with the carb clean up.

[EristiCat]

Thanks for the video. Gave me the info I needed to do a small Repair on my carb.

[davidmcmillan]

Nice job and good explanations on what, why and how. We have a 1950 Chris Craft U22 with a 1972 215 4bbl and my new Holley isn't streaming fuel into the first two ports. I am going to try your cleaning method. Please keep making useful marine videos. Thank you, Vince.

[michaelkatzberg]

Fantastic report there Vince. Two thumbs up.

[sparkyrevenge]

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

[jkline]

thx vince. great vid. My carb on my '95 vortec only starts with starting fluid now. Guess it is time. Intimidating, having to strip it all down. Biggest challeng for me will be getting it tuned when all back together-- haven't messed with carbs since... 1995!

[thmas]

Very nice, going to attempt my first carb clean up next week. Would you know if it is possible to swap the needle and seat for an adjustable set on that exact carb? I have the exact same one

[Js_family_adventures]

Nice video quick question I didn’t have the white plastic piece on the front bowl what does that mean

[dlucas]

My venturis leak into the bowl. I will try this. My car has been sitting for a few years. I’m getting it back on the road now. I appreciate the advice. Do you have a video on setting the idle? I would like to find that. Thank you.

[thorodinson]

thx for the good explanation video, one question. in my rebuild kit is a black SECONDARY METERING PLATE GASKET Holley PART# 108-27-2, does it belong betwee the plate and the blue gasket?

[thirteenbreaths]

I still have my 78 Ski Supreme and the Holley 4160 leaks out the 3/4" round disc?? on top of the float bowl near where the fuel comes in and the side disc on the secondary. Can I JB weld those? Open to suggestions

[rschwartzee]

How about the secondary shaft sticking

[XSAILOR]

I installed a new fuel pump(carte P4389...) on my engine, PCM 5.7L, and when the pump primed, the carburetor was flooding badly(engine not yet running), guess the pumps pressure regulator was possible faulty, pushing way to much pressure. Wonder what parts might hav been damaged in the carburetor(Holley 4160)?

[albertadelrosario]

Thank you Vince! Done a great job! Got idea now about my carburetor! Anyway got done ✅ on my whole new stirring system in my 89 mastercraft pro star 190! with out a problem! Tell your manager the Fili peanut 🥜 🤣 i said Kamusta ( hi 👋🏻) I’m a member of the Redneck Yacht Club 🤠with 629 members!

[jkline]

I did what you did... thanks. except the gaskets were glued on... that took two hours to clean off.

[mikemackereth]

Just rebuilt mine and all was good now its flooding randomly. Ran fine last week and this week its flooding. Ideas?

[thomasjohnson]

I have a 4160 with a few years on it and must scrape stuck on gasket off with razor blade, now I have tiny bits in the metering holes if the carb body, I'm concerned about plugging up the circuit with this debris any advice on how to avoid this would be appreciated,