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?


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