How to Use carburetor in a Sentence

carburetor

noun

• The carburetor of my chain saw was on the workbench in 16 pieces when the call came in.
  — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
• The mayor said work had been done on the carburetor prior to the crash.
  — Kenneth Lipp, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2021
• Cars built in the last two decades or so don't have carburetors, so that's one less thing to worry about.
  — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2018
• Under the hood is a 9.4-liter V-12 that is fed by twin Solex downdraft carburetors.
  — Kirk Seaman, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2020
• That will ensure that the gas tank, fuel lines and carburetor are clean of gas and ready for fresh fuel next spring.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
• The box can now be loaded with a carburetor, plugs, or something less greasy.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
• The thyroid gland acts as a kind of carburetor in the body, adjusting the speed of the body’s metabolism.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 June 2017
• And they were housed near the carburetor, in the engine compartment.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• Pull out the knob and the flap in the carburetor closes, limiting the air coming in and allowing the cold engine to start up.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• Gone are the days when the portly guy who can fix a carburetor is quick or fit enough to carry a tire or operate a jack.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2017
• The only thing that was in there that was flammable were maybe a couple of cans of carburetor cleaner, but that wouldn't do anything.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
• The few drops of gasoline left in the carburetor will evaporate.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2021
• Let the machine run for about five minutes to make sure the stabilizer gets to the carburetor.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• The fathers, Ken Kovacin said, are drawn to the details in the cars, like the makeshift brake lines and imitation carburetor.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• The final practice session used to allow crews to adjust the carburetors, which haven't been used in race cars in decades.
  — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2018
• Anybody who has used a gas-engine trimmer can pick it up, purge the carburetor, choke the machine, and start it with a couple of pulls.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2023
• The float bowl is where the gasoline was stored inside the carburetor while waiting to be released into the cylinders.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• Since there’s no worry of gas spilling out of a fuel tank or carburetor, just fold the handle forward when you’re done and stand them on end.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 14 Oct. 2021
• Old gas will clog fuel lines, gum up the carburetor, and prevent the engine from starting.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
• With three Weber carburetors, the GT engine made more than 300 hp.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2023
• The two younger ones still don’t know Brad Keselowski from a carburetor, but seeing Patrick hang around in the pack helped them grasp that a woman can compete in a man’s world.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• There was not a hint of combustion, even after the mechanical fuel pump had filled the carburetor float bowls and filled the garage with fumes.
  — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
• In the old days when cars were carbureted — the 1970s and earlier — all carburetors had something called a float bowl.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• The day that began as a time to adjust carburetors ahead of the Indy 500 has evolved to include music, food and plenty of tradition.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
• The only other features in the interior are a choke, used to prime the carburetor with fuel when starting the engine, and a coil box, which holds the battery.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022
• The blue flame lapping over the sturdy cast-iron grates imparts a sense of power and control to cooking, just as the rumble of a carburetor on a muscle car does to driving.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2021
• Don’t warm up the car before driving: That was important when cars had carburetors.
  — NBC News, 25 May 2018
• Its hours and minutes are displayed by rotating stainless-steel disks on the air filters that feed the dual carburetor banks on top of the engine.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2023
• Darden had grown up helping her father change tires on the family car and prime the carburetor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
• The cast-iron engine is dressed with the same Rochester four-barrel carburetor that's on the Chevy, and the power flows through the same four-speed automatic transmission, but there the resemblance ends.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024