352 will only start with ether
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Tuned
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352 will only start with ether
What is up with that? I have a stock '67 F-250 with a stock 352 2-barrel engine. If the truck sits for more than 12 hours I have to use ether to start it even on a warm day. The carb is squirting gas but nothing fires. Also when flooring the pedal at cruising speed the engine just chokes out and quits until I let off of the pedal. Once it's warmed up it idles great and handles slow acceleration just fine but doesn't like hard acceleration.
Does this sound like carb or ignition problems? or something more serious?
Carb has been rebuilt, a new fuel filter is on, gap is at 0.017", the dwell is 24°, condensor has corrosion on both ends of its wire, and the points look good.
any suggestions on where to start?
Thanks
Does this sound like carb or ignition problems? or something more serious?
Carb has been rebuilt, a new fuel filter is on, gap is at 0.017", the dwell is 24°, condensor has corrosion on both ends of its wire, and the points look good.
any suggestions on where to start?
Thanks
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You'll have to do more testing. Having to use ether can mean either a lack of fuel, too much fuel (flooding), or a weak spark. It can also mean oil soaked sparkplugs from a worn engine, but best to ignore that possibility for a while.
Did you have the problem before the carb was rebuilt? If yes, I'd start looking at ignition components. If no, I'd start with the accelerator pump (adjustment if there is one) and then look further to see if the carb rebuild went wrong somewhere.
You might even have old gas?
Did you have the problem before the carb was rebuilt? If yes, I'd start looking at ignition components. If no, I'd start with the accelerator pump (adjustment if there is one) and then look further to see if the carb rebuild went wrong somewhere.
You might even have old gas?
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Thanks for the tips. The truck does have a little old gas in it.
The accelerator pump was leaking before and that is why I rebuilt the carb so it did have the same problem before but I blamed it on the acc. pump. There is a bit of blow by to I probably could use a new set of plugs.
Can't get to the engine for a few weeks but I will clean/tune up the rest of the ignition system and see if that helps at all.
The accelerator pump was leaking before and that is why I rebuilt the carb so it did have the same problem before but I blamed it on the acc. pump. There is a bit of blow by to I probably could use a new set of plugs.
Can't get to the engine for a few weeks but I will clean/tune up the rest of the ignition system and see if that helps at all.
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