[Chevelle-list] Hard to start!

[Rick Schaefer]

     I was trying to determine if you had fuel in the carb bowls after the
car was sitting & before you crank it.     How about remove the air cleaner
after the car has been sitting a while.   Open the choke plate as wide as
possible.  With a good flashlight look into the carb and try to see if it is
wet and there is gas puddled at the bottom of the intake.

  If its not wet,  still the choke plate open and watching down the carb
throat, move the accelerator pump, you sgould see gas squirt into the carb.

Good luckj.


On 8/15/06, Pelle Andersson <chevellegearheads at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I've adjusted the float levels & checked they're not overflowing!
> I've tried to give the carb a couple of squirts with the acc pumps
> before i crank it but I can't really say it makes any difference.
> I've got 7 psi to the carb but that doesn't guarantee that it get's enough
> fuel? Does it?
> I'll do a rebuild of the carb in the weekend and look if there's something
> blocking
> the fuel deliverance? But the funny thing is that it runs just fine once I
> get it to start?
> Ignition timing prob?
>
> Pelle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Rick Schaefer <rickas at gmail.com>
> *To:* The Chevelle Mailing List <Chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Chevelle-list] Hard to start!
>
>
>   Is the gas draining out of the carb?     Next time pour a small amount
> of gas into carb before you crank it.   If it starts right up, or at least
> fires over, you have a fuel problem.  Could be taking 5 minutes for fuel
> pump to get gas to the float bowl.
>
> On 8/15/06, Pelle Andersson <chevellegearheads at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   She's very hard to start when she's been sitting for a while (cpl of
> > hours to a few days).
> >
> > What should I check first?
> >
> >
> >
> > I have to crank the engine for 5-10 minutes (in intervals of course) &
> > give it a lot of "CRC Motor Starter".
> >
> > Once it starts it runs very rough & barely at all & I can't give it any
> > gas, then it will die.
> >
> > If I wait until it idles properly (takes 2-3 min) & carefully give it
> > gas 3-5 times I can rev it properly!
> >
> >
> >
> > Once it's running it runs just fine & starts just fine if I start it
> > within 30-45 min.
> >
> >
> >
> > The distributor is new & the timing set to 12 degrees.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Mvh
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> Rick Schaefer
> 72 TPI El Camino
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>


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Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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