touble starting 84GS this morning help please???
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touble starting 84GS this morning help please???
This morning, it was about 32 degrees so I had some frost on my windshield. I started the car with the choke as normal, then adjusted the choke in a little to get a smooth idle. Went back inside while it warmed up but when I cam back out, about 5 minutes, the car had shut off. I tried to start it again, and it would turn over, but no spark like it wanted to start. I pressed the gas all the way in and tried without the gas pressed for awhile. It would not even try to start, just sit there and turn the starter over.
I then popped the hood and dropped a little gas down the carb, got back inside and it started right up. I let it run a few minutes to be sure it was not the fuel pump, cut it off, then started it right back up. I did not drive it to work because I did not want it to leave me stranded.
Can anyone tell me what may be going on?
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I then popped the hood and dropped a little gas down the carb, got back inside and it started right up. I let it run a few minutes to be sure it was not the fuel pump, cut it off, then started it right back up. I did not drive it to work because I did not want it to leave me stranded.
Can anyone tell me what may be going on?
Thanks
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Sounds like, for whatever reason, it flooded out. The other possibility would be that there was a bit too much choke, which covered the plugs in soot causing it to stall out and be difficult to restart.
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If flooded, why did it start when I poured a little gas in the carb? Is that how it works? It would not start when pressing the gas to the floor, or when I sit and let it turn over without the gas pressed.
I tried it this afternoon and it started right up.
Can someone tell me to trick to getting a flooded car started if I dont have some gas handy?
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I tried it this afternoon and it started right up.
Can someone tell me to trick to getting a flooded car started if I dont have some gas handy?
Thanks
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