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Old 07-19-2014, 06:21 PM   #15
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Re: Edelbrock carb hard starting

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Originally Posted by davbowen View Post
what's probably happening is heat soak. the gas in the bowls of the carb evap as the motor gets hot. this is what happened to me, wouldn't start when hot and hard to idle. I installed a 1" phenolic spacer under my edelbrock and it's gone. you can try a new fuel pump but doubt if that's it. just me 2 cents.
I just gave another potential thing for him to check out, since no one else mentioned it. The Carter type carbs are known to not tolerate as much pressure as a lot of pumps produce.
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