Another Rats Nest has been Vanquished!!
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Maxwellt91
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Another Rats Nest has been Vanquished!!
Yesterday I finally finished removing the rats nest off my 83 fb. I have noticed so many improvements already. the idle and mixture are much easier to adjust now and the throttle response seems a bit snappier. My idle has also smoothed out completely and my little 12 a is purring like a kitten. I have only one problem that only started happening after i removed it however. Now my car is very hard to start it takes about 7-10 sec of cranking with my foot on the gas pedal before it finally turn over and coughs a HUGE cloud of smoke out of the exhaust. After I get it started it runs completely fine but this is concerning me. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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Maxwellt91
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I dont believe so. I went by Rx7carls walkthrough and double checked everything before I removed it. the choke works just fine its just taking a long time to start. I dont think the choke would really have anything to do with that honestly. If anything when I use the choke it starts a bit quicker
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Maxwellt91
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Also it happens whether the car is hot or cold and it never did this before i removed the rats nest so i dont think its the water seal. The AVS is plugged in. and when I shut off the car I checked the carb and gas isnt dribbling in after i shut it off. Im honestly stumped
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Maxwellt91
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I may have found the problem there is a crack in my carb spacer and there is fresh gas leaking out of it....its not a big leak but could this cause it?
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Maxwellt91
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It's not coming from the bowls actually it's coming from below the plastic spacer. I don't have enough money to get a new spacer so I put some high temp rtv on it and let it dry overnight and this morning it started right up. I know it's not a permanent fix but it should at least last me till I can buy a new one from Mazdatrix. But none of this will matter when I get my Holley carb kit
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It's not coming from the bowls actually it's coming from below the plastic spacer. I don't have enough money to get a new spacer so I put some high temp rtv on it and let it dry overnight and this morning it started right up. I know it's not a permanent fix but it should at least last me till I can buy a new one from Mazdatrix. But none of this will matter when I get my Holley carb kit
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Maxwellt91
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Well what would you suggest besides the Holley? And a weber is out of the question because I live in Colorado and a choke is very necessary. And cshaw I sent you a pm
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