Hi Bax,
I have recently come into an older OS Gemini FT160 with the older style bleed air carb. Unfortunately the previous owner had done a poor job of storage and I assume he had been using castor fuel , so the engine was really gummed up , to the point where the carb barrel would not move.
I soaked the engine for several days in fuel and all appears to be back to normal. I have run the engine and it seems to run fine.
Unfortunately I removed the high speed needle as well as the low speed bleed air screw without being able to record the setting due to them being gummed up.
What I would like to know is what is the setting for the high speed needle ( turns open from closed position ) and the setting for the low air bleed screw ( turns open from full close )
The engine from the original owner had been run in as well as some flying time on it as well.
The engine seems to be putting out excessive " slime " as well as smoking when throttle advanced from idle . Seems fine at high RPM , so I would assume this might be a low speed loading problem. I have on board glo system so both cylinders are firing at low RPM.
There seems to be quite a bit of fuel coming out of the crankcase vent , but I have heard that this is quite normal for this engine.
Sorry for so many questions
Regards, Jim