Ok, I am freaked out, I have a 1989 Pontiac Firebird L03, with a carb changeover, and today my carb flooded pretty bad. There is fuel sitting in the secondaries right above the throttle foil, and there is also fuel on top of my actaul intake. Did I destroy my carb somehow? I dont know much about carbs honestly, but could my float bowl be flooded. Or something like my accelerator pump be broken. Again I know basically nothing about carbs. Here is what I did recently, this could have led to this.

I got rid of my TBI and went to carb, well I got an edelbrock 600 electric choke, I put a cheap *** 2 port fuel pressure regulator on it, and unfortunately it made my stock intank fuel pump go out, so I just received and installed a holley red carb specific inline fuel pump. I have it located up front in the engine bay on the fenderwell and I just hooked the original fuel feed line into the intake of the pump. Then sent the out to the carb. Well I start it up (after working out a couple of querks) and it starts up like a carebed car should. Its on for about 10-15 seconds, and then it starts stuttering and gagging. Well I turn it off. And there is what I described up top. Fuel sitting on my secondary throttle foils, and it is LITERALLY dripping from the spouts on the primaries. Dont know exactly what they are called, but they are not the little spouts that usually shoot the fuel out, I think they are the venturies. They are the little tubes enclosed by a circle of metal at the top of the carb. I dont know why fuel would be dripping out of my venturies, but I dont think its good. My pump is default set at 7 psi, so I dont think I could have flooded it. Anyways, if someone could help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

 

dunno if this will help but i had the same problem with my holley 670 s/a i flooded the engine so bad i had a quart of gas in the oil so remember to change the oil.

the float levels were the problem i was having plus my choke was getting stuck try adjusting the float levels not sure how on an edelbrock.

 

Alright thanks man, anyone else, Im still freaked out, and I want my ca to run. Thanks,

 

..when ever my carb get flooded on my 84 trans am i just put the pedel to the metal and it will start... same with my 86 chevy pickup....but your problem sounds a little more complicated then just a regular flood..although the extra gas will evaporate from the carb..dont worry you havent runied anything..