Running open-carb in the rain... need help
03-01-2003, 01:11 AM
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Running open-carb in the rain... need help
LOL, yeah, call me stupid but I was running open-carb (with no hood because I got in an accident and I'm thinking of buying an LS1 camaro, so I refuse to put any more money into my third gen F-body) on my '82 Z28 and I parked it... it rained for about 15 mins or so before I thought to put a bag over my carb at about 3am... so after the rain, I let the water evap or sit out (carb was totally closed but not water-tight I'm sure) I turned my car on a week later and it was running like shyt, no power, and coughing out black smoke... So I drove it about 10 miles, let it sit another couple days, then I pulled the spark plugs from the front 4 cylinders and stuck a compressor hose in there blowing at 130psi to blow the crap out, but I couldn't get the hose in there to reach the rear 4 cylinders, and I then went to run a 350z and to my suprise I lost... I have decent low-range power still but once I get into the 3500-5500 rpm range, I have little to no acceleration... I hear slight popping at the higher RPMs out of my carb and I'm guessing that it miss-fires at the higher rpms in the rear 4 cylinders... (for information: when I took the plugs out, they were coated black from carbon and when I blew the cylinders out, some crap came out... more than I would have thought... or maybe it was just stuff blowing around in my engine-bay) the engine has about 25000 miles on it and the plugs are no more than 4000 miles old. Any advice is appreciated and thank you in advance.
03-01-2003, 01:30 AM
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Car: 1978 Chevrolet C10
Engine: 350
Transmission: Turbo 350
i think you killed the electricals, but man, that was just stupid. sorry.
03-01-2003, 05:28 PM
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You mean you think I killed the ignition? Nah... Everything is fine electric-wise (I'm fairly sure) since the distributor is waterproof and the wires/connections are also... but I will check; thanks... Anything else?
03-02-2003, 10:58 PM
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well water getting in the air-bleeds of a carburetor will really screw it over. The air bleeds will have to be cleaned out very completely.
If the bleeds have any kind of moisture, dirt, or corrosion in them the carb will run very rough and rich.... fuel atomization will be horrible.
If the bleeds have any kind of moisture, dirt, or corrosion in them the carb will run very rough and rich.... fuel atomization will be horrible.
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