Hey,
I'm kinda new to holley carbs, so please help me out with something. The electric choke was hooked up wrong on my holley 4160, so I thought I got it connected correctly (The linkage was jamming against the fast idle cam). Now, when I start the car the choke comes on and the fast idle kicks in just fine, but if I bump the throttle at all, the choke pops off and the fast idle turns off. If I don't bump the throttle, the choke slowly cuts off like normal. I think I have the linkages hooked up correctly, could anything else be causing this problem?
I'm kinda new to holley carbs, so please help me out with something. The electric choke was hooked up wrong on my holley 4160, so I thought I got it connected correctly (The linkage was jamming against the fast idle cam). Now, when I start the car the choke comes on and the fast idle kicks in just fine, but if I bump the throttle at all, the choke pops off and the fast idle turns off. If I don't bump the throttle, the choke slowly cuts off like normal. I think I have the linkages hooked up correctly, could anything else be causing this problem?
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When you bump the throttle, a rush of air hits the choke plate and opens it. What you describe is normal. The holley electric choke system doesn't work quite as nice as a q-jet. If you think the choke is coming off too early, adjust it richer(loosen the 3 screws and rotate. Don't go too far or it will 'load up' and flood.
Yeah, when I turn it richer the butterfly is closed too much and it runs far too rich. I think it might be time to go w/ a manual choke
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How does it run when the choke kicks off? If it still runs OK, I'd just leave it alone.