Engine won't Idle - Need Advice Please
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Heel & Toe
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Engine won't Idle - Need Advice Please
Hi Friends!!
I replaced my electric choke on my '81 Vette this past weekend, reinstalled the carb and everything connected to it. Now, when I go to start it, it won't idle. It just kills right away. What would be the first to check? I removed the carb to get the rivets on the electric choke out. Bought a new gasket for the carb and connected it all back together (everything was running good except idled high cause of a bad choke). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I replaced the right-rear caliper as well and wanted to drive it out in my driveway to jack the car up and blead the brakes as well as giving the tires a thorough wash.
Thanks for all of your help!!
Johnson7340
I replaced my electric choke on my '81 Vette this past weekend, reinstalled the carb and everything connected to it. Now, when I go to start it, it won't idle. It just kills right away. What would be the first to check? I removed the carb to get the rivets on the electric choke out. Bought a new gasket for the carb and connected it all back together (everything was running good except idled high cause of a bad choke). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I replaced the right-rear caliper as well and wanted to drive it out in my driveway to jack the car up and blead the brakes as well as giving the tires a thorough wash.
Thanks for all of your help!!
Johnson7340
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Heel & Toe
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Thanks for your help, moron here had the gasket on backwards!! I found out gaskets only go on one way. I now know how to take my carb out and put it all back on again. I'm learning slowly
Thanks guys.
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
If it makes you feel any better, you're not the first one to put a Q-Jet base gasket on backwards. Over the years of supplying mail-order carb rebuilds, I have had 2 people install their base gaskets backwards with the phone calls following, "why won't my engine idle?" I had one guy tell me that I should label the Q-Jet gaskets "FRONT" and "REAR" so he would know which way to install it...
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