Abstract: An improved carburetor for an internal combustion engine which eliminates the conventional automatic choke mechanism. A pair of fabric absorbent wicks are suspended in the vaporizing chamber of the carburetor in alignment with the high speed gasoline jets. The wicks partially surround the respective venturis and hang downwardly within the chamber to a level beneath the venturis. On starting of the engine, a manually operated primer pump operates to discharge fuel through the jets into contact with the wicks to thereby saturate the absorbent material. The absorbed fuel is vaporized and drawn along with air into the engine.