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Re: [oletrucks] poor running engine

To: "Bruce Marshall" <k1aj@bellatlantic.net>, <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] poor running engine
From: "bgibson" <bgibson@mcc4u.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:12:46 -0800
Clean your fuel line,and tank filter and tank, sounds like it is starving
for fuel???? that's were I would start.
Hoot
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Marshall <k1aj@bellatlantic.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:51 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] poor running engine


> Symptoms:
>
> The truck starts and idles well to begin with.  After I bring the engine
up
> to temperature (180 degrees) I start down the street and everything is
> working great.  Choke is pushed "in" all the way to the "off" position.
> After about one mile the engine suddenly sputters and bogs down while
going
> thru the low end of each gear.  If I really give the truck the gas it
> accelerates great and the engine runs smoothly with no hesitation or
> misfiring.  If I pull the choke out all the way, engine idle speed
increase
> and the problem goes away.  Even at, say, 45 MPH the engine won't run
> smoothly unless I pull the choke out all the way, but under load
everything
> is "zoomerie"!
>
> What I have checked:
>
> Timing is OK.
> Point gap is OK.
> Plugs aren't oily or sooty...they look normal.
> Replaced the ignition coil.  No change.
> Checked ignition wires...good spark.
> Checked for vacuum leaks.
> Cleaned carb with some carb cleaner.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Marshall
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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