455 extremely high idle problem
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455 extremely high idle problem
I have a '68 455 with a 4160 750 Holley carb on it and when I start the engine it idles high as if I have it floored. I turned down the fast idle screw and the other idle screw but it did nothing. The engine is still ready to jump out of the car and run down the street.
Can someone advise me on how to fix this problem? I cant do anything else on the car because I cant keep it started for more that 1-2 seconds unless I physically hold the red auto choke lever down.
Can someone advise me on how to fix this problem? I cant do anything else on the car because I cant keep it started for more that 1-2 seconds unless I physically hold the red auto choke lever down.
#4
Sounds like a vacuum leak and/or a timing issue. Does car have points? The carburetor base gasket might be leaking, or the intake manifold bolts, or perhaps the vac advance or power brake booster vacuum source.
Steve
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I am new to this so I am not sure what "Points" are but I will take the carb off and thoroughly clean the intake again then place new gaskets between the intake and adapter plate and between the adapter plate and the carb (I'm going from the quad jet to a square).
Then I will double check the air line going from the brake booster to the intake, and check my secondary's are not being held open.
Hopefully that will do it. Thanks Update to follow.
Then I will double check the air line going from the brake booster to the intake, and check my secondary's are not being held open.
Hopefully that will do it. Thanks Update to follow.
#7
Points is the type of distributor you have, I it's a 75 I'm guessig you have HEI Which kinda looks like a points distributor but has a little square bit at the top. Points is short for breaker points and HEI is high energy ignition. Both work but are set up quite differently. I'd look down your carb before yanking it off and do a visual inspection on if the throttle plates are stuck open. I'm not familiar with Holley but I'm sure there are linkages that can stuck just like the rest of em'
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Found out what was happening.
Thanks again for the info.
The secondarys were stuck open. It seems as if the throttle is going back but it actually isnt. It's closing the top flap (not sure what that is called) but the secondary's are still open. As soon as i lifted the carb off the adapter it snapped shut. The intake is too high for it to operate correctly and its getting stuck.
So the next question is, can I add a riser to this even though I already have an adapter on the intake? Or will I have to get a new intake?
Thanks again for the info.
The secondarys were stuck open. It seems as if the throttle is going back but it actually isnt. It's closing the top flap (not sure what that is called) but the secondary's are still open. As soon as i lifted the carb off the adapter it snapped shut. The intake is too high for it to operate correctly and its getting stuck.
So the next question is, can I add a riser to this even though I already have an adapter on the intake? Or will I have to get a new intake?
Last edited by 75cutty455; July 8th, 2011 at 09:38 AM.
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