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Car won't start - Carburetor problem?

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Subject: Car won't start - Carburetor problem?
From: "Kevin Rodgers" <krodgers@nautel.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:02:51 -0500
I'm looking for any suggestions fellow Bricklin owners might have.

Two days ago my car started stalling as I approached a stop sign or red
light.   I managed to get it home by keeping it reved above 2000.

Tonight I tried to start the car and it would not start.  I might have
pumped the accelerator 3 times at the most.  I removed the air breather
and found the carburetor and top of the intake manifold were completely
saturated with gas!  Gasoline had completely filled all the hollows on
the top of the intake manifold.  I then checked the dip stick and it
looks like there is gas in the oil.

Any ideas what happened or what when wrong.

By the way, I replaced the original carburetor with a new 500 CFM Holley
this spring and it had been working fine except a little difficult to
start when cold.

Thanks for any help.

Kevin




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