Carb leaking and water too

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Originally Posted by steplift20

I ha ve a 1984 50 hp Mercury o.b my top carb is pissing out fuel from the port side of the front bowl I know it has to be rebuilt but I noticed that water drips very slowly ffrom my top spark plug where it seats to the block, when I race the motor the gas does not leak only at slow speeds and the water I don't know the engine seems to run great when the idle is high I don't like the water drips from the top plug any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks

Can't help on the water issue but the carb sounds like the float isn't sealing the needle valve all the way and the carb bowl is overfilling. So may be an issue with the float or the tip of the needle valve.