Sry for the delay, I was waiting on a carb kit and tools.Are you sure the fuel filter and fuel line are good, and the carb screen is clean? And all the diaphragms are still soft?
Carb screen was spotless. Fuel line was upgraded to new Pn about 5 years ago, seems ok. Filter is brand new. Diaphragm were soft but was going to install new until I had leaks,see below.
I finally got the new parts in and found a problem with one of the boot to cyl bolts, it was loose. Might have been the source of my vac leak around the carb.during testing.
Carb was washed in ultrasonic 2x.
After installing a new oem carb kit I found leaks on both covers.
I removed the new parts from the pump side and reinstalled the old pump gasket and diaphragm but applied sealant around the perimeter. This got the pump side to seal and hold pressure. Old gasket and diaphragm were ok but I wanted to install new just in case. Not sure cause of leaks, but did find a slight Burr on the sealing flange of the carb that I filed off.
Metering side will not hold vac. Will leakdown in a couple seconds with new parts installed. I put sealant on the autotune comp gasket but it made no difference. I haven't tried installing old parts back in nor have I done much troubleshooting yet .
Any tips chasing vack leaks in a carb? It doesn't look like fun