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May 21, 2012 | 02:36 PM

cherokee2602

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1976 issues

I am having a few issues on my 1976 vette. First off I have a streetmaster intake with 600cfm holley carb and it has been sitting in the garage for quite a few years and I have been restoring it. Only 50,000 miles on it. I have puddling around the carb on the intake. It has trouble starting after it's warmed up and have some blueish smoke coming out tail pipes. No converters on exhaust. Carb has been rebuilt. Any advice on what might be happening? Thanks!

May 21, 2012 | 02:43 PM

Easy Mike

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...I have puddling around the carb on the intake...

A puddle of what? Fuel? Oil? Coolant?

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...It has trouble starting after it's warmed up...

Choke

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...have some blueish smoke coming out tail pipes..

Oil. First hunch is valve stem seals.

May 21, 2012 | 02:46 PM

cherokee2602

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its has an oily look but smells a little like gas? I have heard of the holley carbs percolating and the intake leaking around bolts but I cannot tell how it's getting there?

May 21, 2012 | 04:43 PM

hugie82

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From: Bridgewater nj

If its seeping, leaking and not running right I say have the carb rebuilt or easier yet just replace it with new

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