Re-built my Rochester carb the other day, really made a big difference! Engine used to need the choke on much longer before it quite stumbling, now I can push it in within a minute or two (depending on temperature). My question is this, should I always give it a little choke on EVERY start-up? Yesterday (it was around 80 degrees) I started it warm w/o choke and drove about a mile and shut it off, stared it (w/o choke) about five minutes later and went about ½ mile and shut it off again for about 5 minutes (I was shopping). On start up it wouldn’t start w/o choke so I gave it some choke and it still wouldn’t start. Eventually I got it going by squirting a little carb cleaner in it, it ran great after that.
I’m being told by people not familiar with Rochesters that I may have had a bit of vapor lock in the carb and by not using the choke I didn’t get enough fuel to over come it. What do you experts think?
Sorry for the long post but I’m trying to fully understand how my truck works so I can intelligently diagnose future challenges.
thanks,
Bob
I’m being told by people not familiar with Rochesters that I may have had a bit of vapor lock in the carb and by not using the choke I didn’t get enough fuel to over come it. What do you experts think?
Sorry for the long post but I’m trying to fully understand how my truck works so I can intelligently diagnose future challenges.
thanks,
Bob
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