After 2 years, the teener finally broke, I "THINK" its a fuel problem Options

[ninefourteener]

Ok...... so I'm a dumbass.

And all that talk about how reliable my teener has been over the past 2 years, has finally caught up with me. Bad Karma perhaps?

Anyway.... about a week ago, I was out driving the teener pretty late, and I ran the gas EXTREMELY low. I know I shouldn't have.. but I did.

A couple days later, I pulled it out of the garage on my lunchbreak, started it up, and went back inside to let it warm up.

Came back out, and the car was stopped...... and wouldn't restart. I figured I ran out of gas, but that afternoon, I put a couple gallons in it (enough to bring it to 1/4 tank)..... but it still won't start.

I'll pump and pump and pump and pump and pump the gas pedal, but it still won't start. (I have dual Solex Carbs) You'd THINK that I would have a foul gas smell, gas coming out the tailpipe, etc... but nope... nothing at all.

I hear the fuel pump working..... which leads me to believe there is a fuel blockage somewhere. Perhaps something as easy as a clogged filter???

The simple fact of the matter is that I've done almost no friggin work on this car at all in 2 years... so I have no idea where to start looking.

I'm going to peek in there tonight, change out the filter, and make sure there's no obvious clogs in the engine compartment... hopefully I'll find something.

MY QUESTION IS: If I don't find anything........ where's the next place to start looking??

Thanks in advance for the help..

Matt

[ArtechnikA]

check the filters, check the trash screens at the carbs if your Solexes have them like Webers do; and your idle jets, in case anything got through everything upstream.

dribble some gas down each carb throat - not a lot. if it starts and immediately dies, you'll know you have a fuel issue. (it *could* be something else. i think we've all burned up days chasing a problem we were SURE we had, only to discover the real problem elsewhere...)

donno what kind of fuel pump you have. i had one fill up with rust flakes to the point it quit pumping; with the exception of some roller-cell pumps, they all have a check valve of some description that can get wedged and cause no pressure... could be that the pump lost prime - especially if it's still in the back. you'd think 1/4 tank would give the fuel enough head to resolve that issue, but we're trying to cover all the bases here...