Only Runs on Starter Fluid
 

Ok 1985 Gsl 12a. Compression good on all faces. Car will start backfire, die, and flood unless we put starter fluid in and dont hit the gas. It will run forever if we keep spraying the starter fluid. We get white smoke everytime it floods.

What do you think? I think it HAS to be carb.

Coolant?

vacum leak how much fuel presure do you have maybe a weak fuel pump

If the carb is flooding, it could be a stuck needle valve. Could also be a bad air vent solenoid. Mine went bad and before I removed it I got the car flooded so bad white smoke came out the muffler for 10 minutes. I thought it was on fire and pushed it away from the garage :) By that time, I was so frustrated with it, I HOPED it was on fire!

- David

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Whats an air vent solenoid :)

Also we clamped the fuel line and we ran it with starter fluid untill all the gas was gone and now the smoke seems to be blue like oil smoke insted of white gas smoke!

and compression is still good so we didnt just now blow an apex seal

Nice title. Sounds like FORD as in Fudge!! Only Rolls Downhill

On a Nikki carb, the air (bowl) vent solenoid is under the inlet/outlet gas line. It has a 12 volt lead connected to it. When 12v is off, it vents the bowl to the purge valve. When 12v is on it vents the bowl into the carb. When its not working, it can cause strange flooding problems. Its purely an emmissions control and can be removed without affecting carb performance. Mine plauged me for months before I figured it out. Search and there are better explanations, and procedure for diagnosing it and also for removing it.

- David

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We have the holley carb so does that mean we dont have that?

I doubt if the Holley has it.

- David