Hard starting
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Hard starting
hello-
My '76 f250 with 360 - 2V has starting problems. If the truck sits for a few days it takes several cranks before it fires. I replaced the accelerator pump diaphragm, but that didn't solve the problem. Could fuel leak into the intake eventually leaving the carburetor dry? Any ideas?
My '76 f250 with 360 - 2V has starting problems. If the truck sits for a few days it takes several cranks before it fires. I replaced the accelerator pump diaphragm, but that didn't solve the problem. Could fuel leak into the intake eventually leaving the carburetor dry? Any ideas?
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Joined: Apr 2000
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From: SD
Hard starting
Once you get it started, does it start okay later the same day? A hot motor will heat the carb and boil the fuel out, so there is none for the next start-up. The easiest cure for this is a plastic carb spacer, worked for my 390 with perculation problems.
Marty
Marty
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From: Lisbon, Ohio
Hard starting
I had the same problem with the big 3. I had a gas leak in the tank, so I replaced it and put on a after market fuel filter, like $2 and took out the one on the sender, tightened up all the Vac lines and the carb lines and fuel lines. Might just be your fuel draining back to the tank after it sits, so check all your lines, hope it helps!
