Starting, and idle issues
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Starting, and idle issues
I have a 390 in my ford with eddies carb...i can barely get the truck to start and when i do get it to start, it will jump to 2000 rpm's and hold steady for about 5 seconds then it will die. It's getting plenty of gas as i can smell it and see it coming from the carb if i manually pump it from the carb itself, can anyone give me an idea as to why it will not start and stay started...thank you.
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Yeah its an edelbrock. No black smoke its just regular exhaust color when i can get it to run right. I wouldn't assume its a float issue because it ran just fine a couple of days ago. I took it off the other day to test another carb i got and when i put this one back on it hasn't ran right since. I've checked the base of the carb for cracks or what not from tightening the carb too much, but found no cracks....what would u like to know that i haven't covered, thanks.
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Front and rear large ports can be for PCV or power brakes.
passenger side front is ported vacuum for distributor and the driver side is for manifold vacuum say for a modulator valve if needed. I usually have this one plugged off.
passenger side front is ported vacuum for distributor and the driver side is for manifold vacuum say for a modulator valve if needed. I usually have this one plugged off.
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i also have one on the top of the carb as well that is at an angle, and then the fuel intake, then i have an extra, large one as well that i have plugged off. do you have any idea what these would be for.
