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Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods

by PeterD <peter2@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sep 11, 2007 at 06:49 PM

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:02:51 -0000, "billybuckshot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<billybuckshot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>ok somebody explain this. after i replaced the carb, manifold, fuel
>pump, coil, exhaust, and several other parts that probably needed to
>be replaced anyways, i still had the same flooding, stalling problem.
>Just now i put a pair of vice grips on the fuel line, starved it for
>fuel and the black smoke, blue smoke and stalling went away. go
>figure. before i put a fuel pressure regulator on it can someone
>explain why the fuel pump would flood the carburetor so bad it would
>stall the truck out. 

Bad needle valve/float sticking. Not uncommon a problem either. 


>the mufflers and cat. converter were so packed
>full of carbon they would barely flow exhaust. keep in mind, i had
>this problem with my original fuel pump and quadrajet. very strange.

Have you checked the fuel pressure at the carb? What is it?
 




 6 Posts in Topic:
81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
"billybuckshot@[EMAI  2007-08-27 18:48:19 
Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
"billybuckshot@[EMAI  2007-09-11 21:02:51 
Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
PeterD <peter2@[EMAIL   2007-09-11 18:49:32 
Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
"billybuckshot@[EMAI  2007-09-12 01:52:11 
Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
"billybuckshot@[EMAI  2007-10-03 19:53:56 
Re: 81 Chevy truck, carburetor floods
"Refinish King"  2007-10-03 22:11:17 

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