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Old 01-14-2019, 01:48 PM   #17
Isaiah92260
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Re: New water pump and overheating. What gives?

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Originally Posted by Grounded63 View Post
If your engine is running lean ( new carb, which may not be tuned or jetted correctly ) or if you have an excessive vacuum leak. It will run hot. Also if your initial timing or advance is not set, or working correctly it can also cause it to run hot. It seems like you may have a few interrelated issues that need to be addressed or confirmed to be correct.
Awh man okay. I set the carb like the book says 2 1/2 turns back. And I sprayed starting fluid around the manifold and carb where I believe it could have a vacuum leak and had no signs of it. I have not checked the timing yet though. I’ll check that next once it’s not raining here in So cal !
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