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Carburetor Flood
I just tried starting my engine and my carburetor is shooting gas out of the two small holes on top of the carb. It is a 352 with a holley 2bbl. Could it be that I installed the spacer wrong? It is a lot of gas just flowing up from the top.
 
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DAVTruck,sounds like the float or needle is stuck open in the carb.

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