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Old August 2nd, 2015, 04:02 PM
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Quadrajet question

I could use some advice from the carb guru's.
I have a recently rebuilt and tuned quadrajet. It has a slight stumble off idle. I blamed it on timing and possibly low idle.
I worked this weekend to address those issues and it still had the off idle stumble. I looked down the carb at the squirters and it only squirted on the drivers side. Any ideas what is up?
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Old August 2nd, 2015, 04:42 PM
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You can try removing the 5/8 fuel inlet nut and blowing compreesd air in the neck and see if it clears the passage out
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Old August 3rd, 2015, 05:51 PM
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Have a look at the accelerator pump cup I bet it is ripped.Did you replace the accelerator pump? If it is ,it doesn't push through enough fuel to the squirters . Unfortunately you'd have to the carb apart again.
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Old August 3rd, 2015, 05:53 PM
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or, dirty/ clogged passage. Dismantle, clean, reassemble.
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Old August 3rd, 2015, 07:20 PM
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Accelerator pump or clogged squirter...
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Old August 3rd, 2015, 07:30 PM
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Wear safety glasses. Those carb channels do u turns and your air blaster might put fuel in your eyes.
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Old August 6th, 2015, 03:58 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will try blowing through the inlet this weekend and if that doesn't work pull the top off and check the pump and passages.
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Old August 6th, 2015, 04:46 PM
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Inlet only goes past needle and seat into the bowl.

Not all that connected to the accel. circuit.
Easy enough to try though.
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