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Carburettor

Also spelled carburetor, or carb for short.
It is a device for supplying a spark-ignition engine with a mixture of fuel and air.
It regulates the air-fuel ratio.

Parts

  • Storage chamber for liquid fuel
  • Choke
  • Idling/Slow running jet
  • Main Jet
  • Venturi-shaped air-flow restriction
  • Accelerator pump

From a YT video timestamps

  • Venturi
  • Float
  • Throttle Slides
  • Jets
  • Jet Circuits
  • Main Jet

Basic circuits

  • Float
  • Idle
  • Main-metering
  • Power-enrichment
  • Accelerator-pump

Types

By strokes

  • 2-stroke carburetor
  • 4-stroke carburetor

NOTE: 4-stroke carburetors can be used in 2-stroke engines too.

By direction of airflow

  • Up-draft carburetor
  • Down-draft carburetor
  • Horizontal carburetor

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