75' 360 Idle Trouble
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75' 360 Idle Trouble
I have a 75' F100 with the 360FE in it and a Motorcraft 2150, the engine refuses to idle properly it has a surging lopey idle whenever I pull up to a stop, but the second you give it any gas the problem goes away. The previous owner said it had a vacuum leak at the carb gaskets so I replaced those, no difference. So I gave it a tune-up plugs, cap rotor, wires and timed it to 8 deg btdc no better. I started hunting for vacuum leaks with a can of starter fluid around the base of the carb and the throttle shafts, didnt have any change in rpm. I tried adjusting the idle mixture valves leaner made it worse, and richer didnt seem to have any affect. Where should I start looking next? Time for a new carb?
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Did you check for leaks along intake to heads and all vacuum lines?
Did your tuneup include new fuel filter?
The 2150 is an easy carb to rebuild get a kit and rebuild it as I am sure it could use a good cleaning.
Also don't know if it has a power valve but that could be leaking causing the problem.
Dave - - - -
Did your tuneup include new fuel filter?
The 2150 is an easy carb to rebuild get a kit and rebuild it as I am sure it could use a good cleaning.
Also don't know if it has a power valve but that could be leaking causing the problem.
Dave - - - -
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