Quote: Im no carb expert, But what little I do know about them is that the air bleeds are there to add air into the fuel mixture for better A/F atomization.
Your right the bowl is vented and that will allow the fuel to flow with clogged air bleeds.
The finger over the straw analogy doesnt relate, because our straw has three holes in it.
Dont worry, If Im wrong, the right answer will come shortly. Its always funner to point out that someones wrong then to give a correct answer in the first place mike
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