Does your state require that the vehicle be smogged? If not a lot
of that stuff can be
removed and would be surprised at how well
the car runs. Have had this problem on several
of my 80-up AMCs,
mostly Eagles that would stumble or die at stops, sometimes
turns.
Several things cured it, depending on the car! The best
carbs I have used for later model
stuff is Tomco brand, they are
no nonsense. So I request them if I have to replace the
Carter.
Another thing is on one of the Jeep sites, they
having same problem. With all the
different crap blends of gas all
over US, this also causes problems, here with two of mine
they
kept getting this yellowish buildup around the idle jets. If you look
directly
straight down into carb you will see them, they stick out
like this \ / and a good blast
of carb cleaner once a month kept
them clean, and open and no stuttering or stalling, this
mostly
happened on the 88 Eagles it seemed.
On my 82 Eagle, I tore out
all the emissions stuff, there was miles of it, plugged stuff
up,
tossed others, and disconnected anything emissions. Then retuned it,
moving idle
slightly up. The car turned from wimp to stump puller
and has 210,000 miles on it now, no
smoke and driven
heavily.
On some of these, yes, you will have buildup ad
pressure inside tank, especially during
summer it seems. The cars
were not made for the crap gas, ethanol, e85, blends ands what
not
now on market. You hear repeatedly that you should fill up your tank
at night, not
during day as you won't get all you pay for due to
evaporation, same applies here with
tank.
It was 99 here
today, and when I went to put gas in the 72 Ambassador, the pressure
was
quite high in it a big whhsh! sound, usually I take the
unvented cap off slowly but forgot
with kids
hollering.
Some of above may or may not help though, but worth
trying perhaps.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwww.planethoustonamx.com
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