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delta88uk
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:29 am |
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Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:04 pm Posts: 22 Images: 5 Location: Essex, UK
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Hi all,
Right then, this is a weird one...
My delta starts up fine every time, and runs beautifully EXCEPT when it get very cold (ice on the road cold). Now, what happens is it fires up quickly, and the auto choke comes on fine also. After about 2 minutes, It sounds like it starts to misfire and my guess is the autochoke is coming off too early as the car starts to splutter and stall, but i've had the choke checked out and it seems fine. After this stall, the car will not start again, just turns over. Someone told me it could be the petrol vapours freezing in the carb, but it sounds a bit unlikely.
Has anyone else had these problems, and if so, how was it cured??
I have the 350ci V8 with a 4-barrel holley with holley auto choke.
Any help would be gratefully received!!!
cheers, dave
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88delta88
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:45 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:06 pm Posts: 2415 Images: 40 Location: Canada
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ETHER!!! That'll get you moving on a cold day!
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strokercutlass
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:47 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:17 am Posts: 378 Images: 13 Location: Wis
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dave, when the car stalls, does it smell like gas? Either the choke is coming off too early, or staying on too long. One way to check...when it dies, you aid it won't restart...try pumping the gas a couple times, then try again to start it, if it starts, the choke is kicking off too fast. Otherwise you can also take the air cleaner off, start the car, and watch the choke. When the motor is fully cold, how far is the choke closed? It shouldn't be fully closed, it should have approx. 1/8"-1/4" of space between the rear of the choke blade and the rear of the primary side...
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strokercutlass
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:42 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:17 am Posts: 378 Images: 13 Location: Wis
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Quote: BUT if you blip the throttle after 30 secs or so the butterfly opens early
Thats telling you to let the car warm up for more than 30 seconds!
Seriously, it sounds like your carb has an awful fast electric choke...the Holleys are designed with the choke stepup, so when you get in, you step on the gas, and that will set the stepup on the choke...then when you start the car, the stepup allows the choke to remain closed, while keeping a higher idle, so the car will warm up faster...when you step on the gas early, and drop it off the stepup, its allowing the choke to open faster, causing your stalling problem...if the idle after startup is concerning you, there should be an adjustment screw on the side of the carb to back off the idle speed a bit, otherwise just let the car run a bit longer on high idle, and then step on the gas to drop it off high idle...
_________________ Shawn's Auto Repair and Performance, SW Wis.
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69 Olds Cutlass S
70 Olds Vista Cruiser Wagon
72 Olds Cutlass S, 12:1 470 stroker, JM40 solid lifter cam, TH400, 3500 10" PTC stall, 4.11 posi
74 442 455/TH350
79 Cutlass 455/TH375 sleeper
'97 GMC Sierra Ext Cab 9" lift w/ 37's
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Primer Death
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:40 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2003 4:11 pm Posts: 99 Images: 6 Location: Maine
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delta88uk wrote: ok, i left it to warm for a couple of minutes then touched the throttle, and the idle dropped down again and it started to stall. i kept her running and held the throttle down a bit so she ran well, but even after about 5 mins when i let off the gas the engine still stalls! and its only in this cold weather! mad!! Any other ideas or advice?? i think a manual choke conversion kit is the best idea!!!
My car had the opposite problem...ran too high...on the driverside on the carb. there should be a soliniod with a nut on the end of it...loosen it up a lil' it will bring the RPMs up...
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