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| mate914 |
 Aug 7 2023, 04:45 AM
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Matt  Group: Members Posts: 757 Joined: 27-February 09 From: Eagles mere, PA Member No.: 10,102 Region Association: North East States 
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QUOTE(porschetub @ Aug 7 2023, 01:17 AM)  QUOTE(mate914 @ Aug 7 2023, 07:18 AM) This is it with car running. Why does it read so low? Pull the gauge and check the inlet isn't blocked or restricted,not common to have an oil filled gauge to fail reason I mentioned the above,I have the same gauge. Is the regulator in range for the lower pressure ? i'am running the silver Holley LP and its a bit fussy when you change pressure. Reckon you may find out on a spirited drive your pressure is low otherwise change the gauge,cheers. I will do. The gauge did read 3.5psi the first start then got lower every time I started car. Matt |
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| JmuRiz |
Aug 15 2023, 04:43 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,434 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Semi on-topic...had a rough running car that I barely got back into my garage. Was going to take it to my guy for a carb rebuild etc, tried to start it up to help with getting on a flatbed. I heard a gurgle and smelled fuel, seems like a stuck float, yikes, glad I noticed before it fired up.
Could have made a flambé out of my garage and cars. |
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| mate914 |
Aug 15 2023, 06:36 PM
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Matt Group: Members Posts: 757 Joined: 27-February 09 From: Eagles mere, PA Member No.: 10,102 Region Association: North East States
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Sounds like dizzy,cap/rotor, then carb. I got Konke (name of 3.2 short stroke with 46pmo's name, aka Mrs. Murphy in former life) running great. drove to work all week long. What a lion!
Matt QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Aug 15 2023, 06:43 PM) Semi on-topic...had a rough running car that I barely got back into my garage. Was going to take it to my guy for a carb rebuild etc, tried to start it up to help with getting on a flatbed. I heard a gurgle and smelled fuel, seems like a stuck float, yikes, glad I noticed before it fired up. Could have made a flambé out of my garage and cars. |
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| nditiz1 |
Aug 15 2023, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,191 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Mount Airy, Maryland Member No.: 18,763 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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So we never found out why it flamed in the first place?
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| JmuRiz |
Aug 15 2023, 06:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,434 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Interesting, never had a spark issue before…might be a combo of issues from sitting too long. I’ll check the spark side too.
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| mate914 |
Aug 16 2023, 04:57 AM
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Matt Group: Members Posts: 757 Joined: 27-February 09 From: Eagles mere, PA Member No.: 10,102 Region Association: North East States
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yes, the float. The float was out of spec.
Matt QUOTE(nditiz1 @ Aug 15 2023, 08:37 PM) So we never found out why it flamed in the first place? |
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| Dion |
Aug 16 2023, 07:40 AM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,767 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Nice work Matt
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