ssputtering and not wanting to start
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ssputtering and not wanting to start
I need so clearer responsed other than bad gas. I have a newly built stock 455 .30 with a 455 torker intake and edelbrock carb. The takes forever to start I have to put the battery charger on, that how long I have to spin the started to get it to turn over. While spinning the starter the carb spits up fuel and jumps and spits all over the place. My body man has been screwing with the idle control and air fuel screws while it was in the body shop. When the car does get started and running it runs fine at idle while in park and when half on the idle. But when I hit the throttle it sputters up a storm and puts and puts. If it were just the sputtering at full throttle it would say it is bad gas but it ALWAYS HARD TO GET RUNNING WHEN COLD. HEEEELLLLPPPPPP.
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The obvious answer is that the guys at the body shop screwed it up.
Mechanics, like four year olds, will avoid admitting to even the most obvious mistake, unless they are absolutely cornered, so if he admitted to turning screws on the carb, you have no idea what he really did to the carb, or what he may have done to other parts of the engine, but it is very likely that he did a lot more than he admitted to.
As I believe somebody said on the other thread you posted on the same subject you need to go back to Square 1 and start evaluating this problem from scratch.
Since anything could have happened (such as a screw dropped into the carburetor), I would recommend starting with a compression test, then resetting timing from scratch, then opening up the carb to see whether anything unholy, such as paint or thinner, got inside of it, resetting the float level, and readjusting the carb from scratch.
Also check the routing and connections of ALL hoses.
What kind of carb is it, and what kind of ignition system?
Post some pictures so that we can see if there's anything way out of whack.
- Eric
Mechanics, like four year olds, will avoid admitting to even the most obvious mistake, unless they are absolutely cornered, so if he admitted to turning screws on the carb, you have no idea what he really did to the carb, or what he may have done to other parts of the engine, but it is very likely that he did a lot more than he admitted to.
As I believe somebody said on the other thread you posted on the same subject you need to go back to Square 1 and start evaluating this problem from scratch.
Since anything could have happened (such as a screw dropped into the carburetor), I would recommend starting with a compression test, then resetting timing from scratch, then opening up the carb to see whether anything unholy, such as paint or thinner, got inside of it, resetting the float level, and readjusting the carb from scratch.
Also check the routing and connections of ALL hoses.
What kind of carb is it, and what kind of ignition system?
Post some pictures so that we can see if there's anything way out of whack.
- Eric
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The obvious answer is that the guys at the body shop screwed it up.
Mechanics, like four year olds, will avoid admitting to even the most obvious mistake, unless they are absolutely cornered, so if he admitted to turning screws on the carb, you have no idea what he really did to the carb, or what he may have done to other parts of the engine, but it is very likely that he did a lot more than he admitted to.
As I believe somebody said on the other thread you posted on the same subject you need to go back to Square 1 and start evaluating this problem from scratch.
Since anything could have happened (such as a screw dropped into the carburetor), I would recommend starting with a compression test, then resetting timing from scratch, then opening up the carb to see whether anything unholy, such as paint or thinner, got inside of it, resetting the float level, and readjusting the carb from scratch.
Also check the routing and connections of ALL hoses.
What kind of carb is it, and what kind of ignition system?
Post some pictures so that we can see if there's anything way out of whack.
- Eric
Mechanics, like four year olds, will avoid admitting to even the most obvious mistake, unless they are absolutely cornered, so if he admitted to turning screws on the carb, you have no idea what he really did to the carb, or what he may have done to other parts of the engine, but it is very likely that he did a lot more than he admitted to.
As I believe somebody said on the other thread you posted on the same subject you need to go back to Square 1 and start evaluating this problem from scratch.
Since anything could have happened (such as a screw dropped into the carburetor), I would recommend starting with a compression test, then resetting timing from scratch, then opening up the carb to see whether anything unholy, such as paint or thinner, got inside of it, resetting the float level, and readjusting the carb from scratch.
Also check the routing and connections of ALL hoses.
What kind of carb is it, and what kind of ignition system?
Post some pictures so that we can see if there's anything way out of whack.
- Eric
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