Re: [Amc-list] Weber 32/36 DGEV Issue

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Yeah, you may have indeed not needed that regulater.
To my knowledge the thre leg filter acts as a regulater to drop pressure.
Someone not to long agoe mentioned having difficulties with a newer carb on an older engine without the three leg filter and they seemed to be saying the pressure was too high for that newer carb?

   I would try plugging the third leg and see how it runs with the regulater.
Have you gauged it?

   I am somewhat perplexed though, as in my thinkgin with the regulater between that filter and the carb it "should" do nothing but free flow the fuel if a pressure drop is not needed?

  Bottom line, I'd get a gauge in there and run it so you can test drive it to see what is going on. You may have a bum regulater.

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2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The same thing just happened trying to go to work, without the regulator.  So 
> obviously that's not the problem.  What would cause a car to buck going up 
> hill?
> 
> Todd
> 
> On Monday 17 November 2008 07:07, Todd Tomason wrote:
> > I've had one of the 32/36 DGEV carbs on the 258 in my Spirit for a couple
> > of years now.  The instructions say that the fuel pressure should only be
> > 3.5 pounds and they recommend using a fuel pressure regulator.  I've also
> > seen a couple of forums that talk about how much better the carb ran with a
> > regulator.  I finally got around to buying one and installing it this
> > weekend.
> >
> > It seemed to run pretty good, until I went up a hill.  Trying to pull a
> > hill the whole car would start to buck.  It made you thing of someone
> > trying to drive a manual transmission the first time.  It died two or three
> > times getting up that hill.  I got back home, took the regulator off and
> > tried the same hill again.  Ran fine.
> >
> > I had put the regulator between the fuel filter and the carb.  This engine
> > uses one of the split fuel filters that has a return line to the tank, so I
> > thought maybe that was the problem.  I switched things around and put the
> > regulator before the fuel filter.  Same problem.  Took the regulator back
> > off and runs fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?  Did I just waste $30 on this regulator?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Todd
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