Reply To: OMC carb issue

[billw]

The rubber tips are an improvement over the solid needles, in my opinion. At some point, the tips changed from black to kind of orange. This was supposed to signify a Viton material,, ethanol-resistant tip. Lately, I am not sure they still offer the orange tips? As for the clip, very often an engine wouldn’t start because the tip of the needle would get stuck in the seat. That spring is a huge step forward. Tecumseh used the same type of thing in their small power equipment engines. It’s hard to say from the picture but it looks to me like the hook end that attaches to the needle is a little deformed and so may not stay on the needle like it should. That small area of the clip should be more of a “C” shape than a “U” shape.

Long live American manufacturing!