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Dipstick Blowing air??

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Chasing down a stalling problem on my carbed 87GT, it will start and I can keep it running by feathering the gas, but when I blip the throttle rpms raise, hang for 4 secs and then stall out unless I feather the gas. I also heard a hissing from the engine bay. After I turn off the car the hissing would continue for a few seconds so I check and there is air blowing out of the dipstick tube, fairly good amount

Inoperative pcv maybe? put a oil fill breather and it stops hissing but the throttle hanging/stalling is still there

again its on a carbed car

thanks
 

asecretfile

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forgot to mention, new lower has no pcv provision. Would an oil fill breather suffice?
 
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asecretfile said:
forgot to mention, new lower has no pcv provision. Would an oil fill breather suffice?
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Yea the breather takes the place of the pcv and should work fine. Not sure about the other question, don't know enough about carbs to help.
 

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put a breather on it
 
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