thanks doug i thought it needed something as its empty cheers and yes the mini is making me madder as it profresses on

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such is brake dust

If either of the following items require attention on the mini,
1/ coolant hose between block and head
2/ clutch
Burn it.

Exactly what i used to use in my old Hillman which had an SU.

hey feral, im adduming you are referring to the bowl that the platic floats are sitting in, on the top of the carby.

that bowl is where the fuel sits before being drawn into the engine.

these cars are not rising rate like the SU's and therefore DO NOT take oil in that bowl, it comes directly from the fuel pump, then is drawn in the BOTTOM of the main jets, and is balanced with air from the top (air corrector) and is fed into the air-stream via the auxiliary venturi

other than lubircating the main throttle shaft, there is no oiling system inside a weber or dellorto carb

Edit: just thought id add that SU's have a fixed air/fuel mix based on the depression formed behind the damper, by regulating the damper rate of change (using oil), variations are smoothed. When i had an SU, i used auto-tranny fluid, and a rich needle.