Carb has too much idle hole drilled?

crazypete · 10-15-2004, 07:37 AM

My poor avenger...

Well here is what happened. I was redoing heads and intake so I decided to disassemble and clean the holley. I took it apart until I had 2 blocks, the base and the body free of any small parts. I dropped these into a tub of gasoline and carb cleaner. I tossed in some fast orange and let it sit for a few days, sloshing it up every once in a while. I take it out and I see a little white residue. No problem, I blast hot water at it and reassemble. I put it all together and reinstall and start the car. It is not a happy car!

I think it barfed a cup of gas up through the carb first thing. This burst into flames so that was fun to put out. Then when running, I here the hiss of the intake and I here this kinda "puck puck puck" sound. I go up front and look down into the carb and see one booster like....you know when you have a faucet just barely open it spews water sideways and in circles then dribbles and so forth. Yeah. 3 dead boosters and 1 coughing up gas. I figured that white residue was in the booster channels. I disassemble and lo and behold.. all the boosters are fouled with white mold looking stuff. Like dried sugar.

Soaked in just laquer thinner. No change. I boiled in water and detergent. Even worse white residue. Boiled in just water. No change. Water and silver polish. Now it's really bad.

Aiiieeeee! How can I clean this carb?

Somewhere halfway through this, that wonderful double pumper caught my eye and I went for it!

So should I be able to idle with those holes or am I having another problem? The AF _does_ read really low then really high after a few turns on all four idle screws. Stinks like all hell. Burning oil I think. Thick black smoke. I almost choked on the fumes. The burnt oil behind the car continued to stink for hours afterward so bad I needed to put a boxfan on it so it didnt stink up the whole house.

Could I have insta-fouled all my plugs?

10-15-2004, 07:37 AM	#1
crazypete Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 592	My poor avenger... Well here is what happened. I was redoing heads and intake so I decided to disassemble and clean the holley. I took it apart until I had 2 blocks, the base and the body free of any small parts. I dropped these into a tub of gasoline and carb cleaner. I tossed in some fast orange and let it sit for a few days, sloshing it up every once in a while. I take it out and I see a little white residue. No problem, I blast hot water at it and reassemble. I put it all together and reinstall and start the car. It is not a happy car! I think it barfed a cup of gas up through the carb first thing. This burst into flames so that was fun to put out. Then when running, I here the hiss of the intake and I here this kinda "puck puck puck" sound. I go up front and look down into the carb and see one booster like....you know when you have a faucet just barely open it spews water sideways and in circles then dribbles and so forth. Yeah. 3 dead boosters and 1 coughing up gas. I figured that white residue was in the booster channels. I disassemble and lo and behold.. all the boosters are fouled with white mold looking stuff. Like dried sugar. Soaked in just laquer thinner. No change. I boiled in water and detergent. Even worse white residue. Boiled in just water. No change. Water and silver polish. Now it's really bad. Aiiieeeee! How can I clean this carb? Somewhere halfway through this, that wonderful double pumper caught my eye and I went for it! So should I be able to idle with those holes or am I having another problem? The AF _does_ read really low then really high after a few turns on all four idle screws. Stinks like all hell. Burning oil I think. Thick black smoke. I almost choked on the fumes. The burnt oil behind the car continued to stink for hours afterward so bad I needed to put a boxfan on it so it didnt stink up the whole house. Could I have insta-fouled all my plugs? __________________ 91 GT Carb conversion, holley 600 double pumper, edelbrock performer intake, FMS "C" drop springs, march 1000 underdrive pullies, crane 1.7 roller rockers, GT-40P headers, bassani x pipe, american thunder catback, FMS 4.56's, msd aL6, trunkmount battery, A/C eliminator kit, 3000 stall tci streetfighter, AOD with transgo kit, A+ servo, 300M hardened lockup shaft, kevlar bands and 28,000 gvw trans cooler, 3 core radiator, 300 lbs stripped with a full interior

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