Re: [AMC-list] Leaky fuel pump, or way too rich a mixture?

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

What I would do is get it good and warm, take a short drive, come home and
pull a plug or two, hot. Make sure they're white to light brown. If you've
only idled it in the driveway the plugs won't read right (old crap on them
etc).

Don't forget this car is a product of the 1950's, when gasoline wasn't a
smell to worry much about. It doesn't have very good crankcase ventilation.
When you turn it off you'll always smell gas from somewhere; unburned out
the tailpipe, bowl vent, etc. Is this a PCV motor or road draft? Mine's PCV,
but it doesn't empty the crankcase, there's too many vents in the valve
cover, filler neck, etc.

When you get it running well enough to trust, nothing like a good long
highway drive to normalize a motor's chemistry (after an oil change :-).


I've got my old fuel pump that didn't leak (but also didn't work the
> wipers), and my replacement pump (that I'm not sure if it's leaking, or
> if I goofed the carb up, and the wipers still don't work).


If you are so inclined and equipped, you could put a pressure guage in the
fuel line somewhere, and see if it bleeds down instantly. I'm fairly sure
there's no built-in leak-back in those old low-pressure pumps.

Unless you have a particular reason to suspect the pump I'd go with bad idle
setting or something non-fatal.



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All of your arguments are invalid.
Enjoy your unstable system.
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