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Hard to start, stumbles on acceleration

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Old May 23, 2003 | 07:18 AM
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Hard to start, stumbles on acceleration

You have to forgive me, this is the first carburated vehicle I've owned. It's an '86, with 305, 87K miles. In the morning, I have to give it gas to start, and keep giving it constant gas for about two minutes. Otherwise, it'll stall on me. Then, when I put it in drive and go, it immediately bogs down when I give it 1/4 throttle, takes a second or two to open up, then goes on. It'll do this for about 2-3 stops. Once I run it down the road a little bit, the problem goes away, and it'll idle and drive normally, with only a slight bogging on 1/2 throttle.
I'm just not sure where the problem is or how to check, or even if this is just the normal operation of a carb'd vehicle. It still runs nice after it warms up for awhile (I have a 40 mile commute each way), and gets 24mpg.
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