Re: [AMC-List] Re; Carb rebuild help

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thats what happened to my 80 X.

Ken


Quoting John Elle <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>:

>  
> Ken and all
> I wonder if-----
> For some mysterious reason the return fuel line has become
> disconnected and thus not used. The fuel filter would then 
> have a single tit on each side rather than a single input
> tit and 2 output tits. 
> If the fuel return line was not be used anymore than it would 
> make sense that the carburetor would flood. Fuel pumps used 
> with AMC cars with a fuel return line have a higher volume 
> flow and are not designed to cavitate when the carburetor 
> float shuts off the float chamber needle valve and has been
> known to flood out the carburetor. 
>  
>  
> Snip
> I would check the fuel pressure before you do anything else.
>  
> Yeah, that wouldn't hurt -- a perfect carb will do all those
> bad thins if the fuel pressure si too high.
>  
> But if it is a stock pump that's unlikely; the internal spring
> determines pressure, and they get weaker with age, not stronger!
>  
>  
>  
>  Ken Siroonian wrote:
>  thanks tom and froank for your comments, i bought another carb kit and
>  will give it another go. I thought I cleaned the last one very well,
>  just can not figure why it overloads with gas. The fuel pump is the
>  original with the car, 
> Snip
>  
> John
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