Greetings All,

So I'm driving around town all day and on my way home, the car decides to stall (like it ran out of gas). This has happened several times before (hot or cold weather and always with the engine at operating temperature) but has always started right back up. Not this time though. I primed the carb with gas and it started right up but died again as soon as the fuel was burned. It doesn't seem to be getting any gas in the carb. The fuel pump is working as I can hear it clicking. Any Ideas?
By the by, the tow driver asked what was wrong with the car, and after telling him, his advice was to get rid of the car. To which I answered: "Only when they pry my cold dead hands off the steering wheel!"

Vlad

 

Fuel filter maybe?

 

If you wait a while and it starts, it's probably fuel filter. Definitely replace it anyways, it's easy.

This is starting to become my favorite advice lol.

 

fuel filter,

 

Had this problem...

Turned out the top part of the carb where the fuel lines connect was so full of crud that no gasoline was getting to the bowls.

I had to tear down the carb on the side of the road, blow out all the passages between the needle & seat assemblies, clean tons of very hard, nasty deposits out, etc. On the top of the carb where the two hardlines bolt on with banjo bolts, there are little filters around the banjo bolts. Mine were plugged SOLID. So were the banjo bolts! I just threw the filters away and spent eons with a can of carb cleaner and a box of toothpicks to get the passages clean. Took five tries before the car got driveable.

Be very careful though... after I got home I decided to tear it down again and give everything a good soaking. Putting it back together I galled one of the banjo bolts in the carb and snapped it off. Fortunately it was my spare carb, so it's no big loss.

 

<------ Tow Truck Driver


Keep a spare fuel filter in the car from now on. And invest in a "Leatherman" tool. (About US$35 @ Wal*Mart) It's pliers with screwdrivers and knives and stuff built in, very nice. Stainless steel and lifetime warranty. I can take most of the smaller parts of the car apart with it.

The Leatherman tool rocks. I keep it on my belt all the time.

 

I had to do the exact same thing. It did it once before and I replaced the fuel filter with no luck. The second time I was doing half a carb rebuild on the side of the highway.


I think a Leatherman isn't worth what you pay for it. I broke the plier part on three of them already just grabbing stuff.

 

Wow. Were they the real thing? I broke a few generic ones before, but my authentic one's still good, bent the screwdriver a bit, but I should've expected it with what I was doing. With a Leatherman and a small Craftsman socket set, I repaired most of my accident damage, which included replacing the tie-rod on the passenger side, well enough to drive the car 20 miles to storage. It helped me a bit in replacing the clutch in my Honda too.

I was suprised it actually stood up to that crap, but I did buy it for computer work, car stereo installations, and other small technical work.

 

Yeah. I still have the 3rd one. I'll take a picture of it when I put some batteries in my camera.

 

I don't know if this is your problem but,
Next time it happens, get out of the car and take the gas cap off of the tank. If it "whooshes" and the cap is hard to get off, you have a venting problem. If the whoosh is "in" not out that is the case. I have had this problem on mine. I now have a Yaw carb and it isn't a problem, see the solution is a Yaw carb ha ha! Really I think it is a problem with the carb venting into the charcoal canister. Check it out next time it happens. If the car will start and run without the gas cap that is your problem.
hanman