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Old May 16, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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My stock 1980 is having a problem when it gets hot about , 15 miles , it stalls at stop lights and when I give it to much gas it stalls and after it shuts off the only way I can start it is if I hold the gas pedal down the whole way. I think it has a quadrajet . Anybody had a problem like this and what do you look for ?
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Old May 16, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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I'm no expert, but I think you may need to check the float. It could be stuck, or have a pinhole and is now full of gasoline. When was the last time the qjet was rebuilt?
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Never rebuilt nothing done since new. Aprox.75,000 miles.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 03:46 PM
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A rebuild of the qjet could be in order then. Not sure how "comfortable" you are with doing it yourself, but I rebuilt mine and had good results. Took an hour or two. I used old cookie sheets of my wife's to put all my parts.
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