Re: [Amc-list] Carb adjustments - Holley 1909 one barrel

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Did you change the filter and start the car?
The filter stays empty till the car is runa nd four quarts will show on the full mark till started.
Then you will need to add the additional quart.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> My dipstick might be marked wrong. When I changed the oil today, I
> picked up a gallon (4 quarts). The dipstick reads full. It should read
> one quart low. I don't think I had a whole quart in the head after
> changing the oil.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Carb adjustments - Holley 1909 one barrel
> >> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 10:43 AM
> >> Bruce Griffis wrote:
> >>
> >> Up a quart is a hell of a lot of gas -- that just
> >> doesn't sound rigt for
> >> a fuel pump or flooding carb. Might be a red herring here.
> >
> > I thought so too until the fuel pump went bad in my 77 Gremlin.  I had not 
> been checking the oil level when refueling and by the time I discovered the 
> problem the oil pan was so full that oil was blowing out of the dip stick tube 
> and cruise rpm.  One quart of leakage from a bad fuel pump is certainly 
> possible.
> >
> > Joe Fulton
> >
> >
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