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Have to hold choke after rebuild

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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 02:54 AM
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Have to hold choke after rebuild

So I had my carburetor rebuild by one of the better-known carb rebuilders in my area, solved all my issues ( and got mechanical secondaries and a modded Nikki) but my car now requires me to hold the choke for about a min or the car will sputter out and die .. Normal or?
I also want to make it clear after i do this the car will idle just fine, drives just fine, and holds idle just fine after I turn it back on again and hauls *** like never before.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 05:50 AM
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Are your plugs new? How about compression? Lower compression can be harder to run on cold start.

Mine will stumble in the first few minutes, I just leave the choke on, just pushed almost all the way in until it shuts off by itself. Yours doesn't sound off. The choke is needed to manually control air/fuel until it can run on its own.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 07:49 AM
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Also, this time of year, low temps, the engine warms up and the choke releases...is your magnetic choke hold not functioning?

Normal: when you turn the key on a cold engine and pull the choke it's supposed to stay pulled, you can adjust it in/out but the magnet keeps it fixed at that position. When the engine warms, the choke automatically releases.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:00 PM
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Fixed the issue, adjusted the air screw back to where it was when I got my car back from the carb rebuilder, but now when I gass it the car sputters for a brief second ... flm.
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