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hard start when cold

Posted: 4/15/07 7:40pmMessage 1 of 6
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78 difficult to start when it has been sitting for several hours.  Carb or fuel pump?
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hard start when cold

Posted: 4/15/07 8:36pmMessage 2 of 6
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The crowd will probably need more specific info to help you. Do you have a stock setup? What carb are your running. What ignition?

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Posted: 4/15/07 9:00pmMessage 3 of 6
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Carb is probably draining out the fuel thru the plugs in the bottom of the bowl. Do you see any black smoke when it does start?


                                             Adams' Apple2007-04-15 21:05:47

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Posted: 4/17/07 5:49pmMessage 4 of 6
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I believe it is a stock setup.  I don't see black smoke when it starts.  Once started it will restart even if I only run it a few seconds.  It will start pretty easily for several hours after I start the car.  Only when the car sits overnight or longer is it difficult to start.

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Posted: 4/17/07 6:21pmMessage 5 of 6
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 sounds like the accelerator pump in the carb, maybe the diaphram has a pin hole in it,rd
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Posted: 4/17/07 6:47pmMessage 6 of 6
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Depending on how bad those plugs are leaking, it can take 6-12 hours to fully drain the bowl. If it is draining that slow, the fuel has probably mostly evaporated by then, and there wouldn't be any large amounts of black smoke when started.
If the fuel was percolating out of the bowl(a heat issue) after shutting it off, it would be hard to start even after a couple of hours.
I'd be checking those plugs. There are little foam rubber type "repair" kits that will at least slow the leak down. The best repair is to re-peen the plugs, and then put a small amount of JB Weld on them.

Check out KEN'S carb o/h article...it is killer, and explains how it all works. Click on the "Ken's Projects", then "Quadrajet". Adams' Apple2007-04-17 18:48:01

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