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| Re: Car will fire right up but won't stay on unless foot on gas |
Subject: Re: Car will fire right up but won't stay on unless foot on gas
by MatthewSturdee on 2015/8/6 12:43:48
I had the exact same problem here too. Rough idle but would be fine when putting foot down.
Also check these couple of things:
Intake manifold bolts are tightend up and no air leaks around gasket
Check fuel filter make sure it doesnt need changing (mine did!)
The thing that actually was wrong with my carb was my Dad (mechanic) said it was possibky crap in the fuel line/jets somewhere.
Try this cause it sounds exactly the same as what happened not more than a week ago for me.
Take of air cleaner.
Start car up,
Go over to your carb and locate the throttle control
Rev your engine up really high til its up around 4,000 revs or so (not drastic but need to rev it a fair bit)
Why your still revving it then put your hand over the intake of the carb (or use a piece of flat cardboard that wont get sucked through, cause i was too chicken to do it with my hand)
Block it off completely, your engine will start to die, let it drop down revs as far as you can without stalling (doesnt matter if it does stall) then see if it idles. Repeat this process 3 times and if there is any crap in the system it should pull it through. I did it 2 times and it completely fixed the idle.
Shortly after i checked the fuel filter and surely enough it had lots of crap in it.
Sounds very similar to my problem so do give it a shot.
Hope it helps! Just thought i'd mention it cause it helped me! Thanks Dad!!!!
If not then probably definately something dd said!
Matt
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