Thread: I goofed up somewhere (fuel problem)

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Probally a piece of junk made its way to a needle & seat. Try pinching the vacuum side of the fuel line off,start it and let the carb run dry. Then un clamp it and start her back up. Lots of times that will clear it as the needles will be wide open and flushed out. Back in the day that was a common problem after changing a fuel filter,especially on quadrajets.

OK, after a few love taps on the bowls with the back end of a screw driver, the gauge went back to normal and the midrange bog was gone

Decided to pull the line at the inlet and check the filter and there wasn't any (just put in an order for a replacement filter through Summit)

I figured while the line was off, I'd pull the front bowl and see what was up with the float, but everything looked clean

Pulled the jets and the spray nozzle, sprayed some carb cleaner and blew it all out for safe measure.

Still not sure what happened, but she's good to go now

I didn't know holleys had fuel filters on them

Instructions from Holley specify 6 1/2 psi max. How are you getting by with 8 or 9 without unseating the needle and seat and blowing raw fuel into the intake manifold?

I would think the gauge might be inaccurate.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Instructions from Holley specify 6 1/2 psi max. How are you getting by with 8 or 9 without unseating the needle and seat and blowing raw fuel into the intake manifold?

Originally Posted by cffisher

I didn't know holleys had fuel filters on them

Not on the carb, but on the adjustable fuel line.

This is the one I have:




Didn't have a filter when I cracked it open today

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Instructions from Holley specify 6 1/2 psi max. How are you getting by with 8 or 9 without unseating the needle and seat and blowing raw fuel into the intake manifold?

There's no regulator and it has dual 600's (2x4 tunnel ram)

This is how I got the car just a few weeks ago and I haven't had any problems (float settings were all fine)

That being said, I'm going by what the el cheapo Summit gauge on the inlet says (not exactly the highest quality gauge)