Thread: gas returns??

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oh, and I can't just take it out on the road and fire it up. There is no glass in it, and no plates on it. The Police frown on this.. Can't get plates untill I get insurance. Can't get insurance untill I am 80% done. I am only about 65% done..

What were you saying about watching the gas head back to the Fuel pump???
Are you saying it is going from the carb back to the fuel pump thru the filter???
If that is the case you have a crack or a leak in the fuel line between the tank and
the carb and it's letting the fuel go back into the tank, instead of holding it.
So it may take a minute to get pumped back up to the carb.
Kurt

All I can see, and it takes a while to do is go from the clear filter I have back down the fuel line. I will check over the fuel line from the tank to the carb again.. Al

Al, Something to consider is if you have a phone with a camera you can take pictures of the disassembly to help with putting it back together. I have started doing that with anything new.

Sitting for a couple of months could be some of your problem. Gas turns to crap VERY quickly these days and gums stuff up. When I was in the marine business it was a very common problem for someone to lay up their boat and then when they came back to use it a couple or 3 months later it wouldn't run or run right. A huge chunk of our business came from cleaning carbs and injectors.

You might try one of the additives first. I think if that is your problem it will take a disassembly and soak to really make it right, but what have you got to lose except $ 5 or so dollars for some additve. Lucas makes some good stuff and so does SeaFoam, to name a couple. A while back I had to take my daily driver in to the dealer to have some injectors cleaned and replaced and while they were at it they put in some GM injector cleaner to clean up the rest of the system. So I guess even GM techs have some confidence in cleaners.

Don

Ok. Thanks. I will give it a try. Al

Thanks. I'll buy some Seafoam..

Guess I will have to pull the top off then.. looked at the pictures at the Edelbrock site, and there sure are alot of parts in there. Now would I be able to do this with the carb still on the intake, or do I have to take it off??