Howdy all, I have a 65 289 with an Edelbrock 600.
The problem is that the car takes longer and longer to start, proportional to the days it's sat- up to about 4 days, then it takes the same long length to start it (30 seconds)
I posted a little about this before, and D. Hearn was right, the bowls are out of juice.
The gas either evaporates, flows backwards in the fuel system, or of course, it could be the Gas Goblins that roam the quite garage at night...
There are new off-road spring loaded needles in the carb, so I would think it's not flowing backwards.
I don't want to install an electric pump system- too much of a hassle, and this should work fine the way it is
Possibilities:
-The fuel pump is at least 15 years old- I think these are equipped with a one-way valve- might be an issue. maybe not moving enough volume? (seems to work well otherwise)
-there is an inline fuel filter between the pump and carb, but it seems very well connected, and this happened before and after a filter change
-the connection between the hard line from the pump and the rubber fuel line to the carb could be leaking a fraction
-the car loves to run hot (evap the gas)- but it starts fine after 1 day of sitting.
-does gas evaporate on it's own, this quickly, out of a sealed carb somehow?
thanks!
The problem is that the car takes longer and longer to start, proportional to the days it's sat- up to about 4 days, then it takes the same long length to start it (30 seconds)
I posted a little about this before, and D. Hearn was right, the bowls are out of juice.
The gas either evaporates, flows backwards in the fuel system, or of course, it could be the Gas Goblins that roam the quite garage at night...
There are new off-road spring loaded needles in the carb, so I would think it's not flowing backwards.
I don't want to install an electric pump system- too much of a hassle, and this should work fine the way it is
Possibilities:
-The fuel pump is at least 15 years old- I think these are equipped with a one-way valve- might be an issue. maybe not moving enough volume? (seems to work well otherwise)
-there is an inline fuel filter between the pump and carb, but it seems very well connected, and this happened before and after a filter change
-the connection between the hard line from the pump and the rubber fuel line to the carb could be leaking a fraction
-the car loves to run hot (evap the gas)- but it starts fine after 1 day of sitting.
-does gas evaporate on it's own, this quickly, out of a sealed carb somehow?
thanks!