Thread: Quadrajet & extreme inclines
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06-03-2004 10:09 PM #1
Quadrajet & extreme inclines
I recently bought a rebuilt Q-jet, as my old one was leaking gas all over the engine. I live in San Francisco, so you can imagine I have to park on extremely steep hills all the time. After installing the new carb on my '61 Impala & park on a steep incline overnight (downhill), gas seeps into the cyclinders and the engine doesn't turn over. I have to drain the gas out of the spark plug ports._ Gas also leaks out of the airhorn seam, this is exactly why I replaced the old carb!_ Everything is tight, it doesn't leak when parked on level ground. Is this normal? When thinking about how carb floats work, how can it work when tilted at almost a 30 degree angle? What could I do? (besides move?)
Any advice would be helpful!
It is a new aftermarket one, new, but not packaged. It came with the dipstick. Chrome, about 7 1/2" long with a bend in it.
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