Thread: gas returns??

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My first thought is that your accelerator pump must not be giving you a full shot, but then you say you have to hold down the gas pedal, which holds open the choke plate to provide more air, usually in a flooded situation. Those sound counter productive to me, pumping the pedal to get fuel, then holding the pedal down to get more air. If you have good spark, timing's right, etc then I would expect one pump to prime and set the choke, then crank and start. Your explanation is confusing to me - does not seem logical.

I'm confused over the same issues Roger mentioned. There should be sufficient gas in the bowl at all times to stab the pedal once and shoot some gas into the intake, regardless of what happens to the gas in the line. Then you say you have to hold the gas pedal down all the way which, again as Roger said, usually indicates a flooded condition, needing air to clean it out.

When the car is dead cold the next time, remove the air cleaner and have someone depress the gas pedal while you look into the carb throats with a flashlight. You should see two angled streams of gas shooting down each of the two front bores. If you have that you have something else going on, like timing, weak spark, vacuum leak, etc. If the motor is fairly healthy and has good spark, just a little gas into the carb throats is enough to fire it up.

Those Edelbrocks are about the most forgiving, troublefree carbs out there, so I am thinking you have something else going on.

Don

Oh, and after I run it for about 10 minutes, and put it in gear.. It runs real rough, and dies..

Your carb is gummed up and will need a thorough cleaning and rebuild.