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Fuel line from pump to carb- guidance needed

Unfortunately I think I need to put this on the back burner and have the professionals handle it. I just don’t have time today to chase down every possible solution.

Someone did suggest I pour fuel directly into the carb and get it started that way. Bad idea? Once I have fuel pressure, it has run, however did drip. It just doesn’t start at all now, likely due to not getting enough fuel flow.
 
Dump some fuel down the carb and start it. How bad does it leak? All you need is some rubber hose and a couple clamps.
It's a 5 minutes fix, get a new end on it... out the carb...cut off the old line...and stick the hose in between.
 
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tRustyK5 said:
Guys, can we keep a thread on track for just a little while? We have the lounge with several threads specifically for "white noise"...perhaps we could keep the inane content in those threads?
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Agreed thank you.

I can get the fitting mentioned above from O’Reilly locally, problem is I can’t get there today and probably can’t get out of my driveway tomorrow until I gradually clear it. However for some reason when I mentioned a plan to put that fitting in place, cut the existing line, and put rubber hose between the two, my mechanic said “that won’t fix the problem you have.” So maybe I’m explaining it wrong here.

Known facts:

Truck was running fine until I changed the fuel filter. I had never done that before but things seem to have went back together correctly.

I noticed fuel dripping out right at those two nuts where the filter is inside of. I tightened it up myself with all my strength and it still leaked. I brought it to my mechanic, who disassembled and double checked it. Put it back together and it still leaked.

I drove around for about a month with the fuel leaking. One day I couldn’t start the truck and lo and behold no fuel was dripping so I figured the fuel flow lost it’s prime so to speak. I do have a manual throttle as well as a normal pedal (don’t know why but it helps warm up in cold weather) and even with that cracked wide open still no start.
 
beags86 said:
Dump some fuel down the carb and start it. How bad does it leak? All you need is some rubber hose and a couple clamps.
It's a 5 minutes fix, get a new end on it... out the carb...cut off the old line...and stick the hose in between.
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It's what I'd a done in the first place. But add an inline filter, get rid of the quadrajet filter. I mean it's only what 9lbs of pressure max
 
GoGoGirl said:
Agreed thank you.

I can get the fitting mentioned above from O’Reilly locally, problem is I can’t get there today and probably can’t get out of my driveway tomorrow until I gradually clear it. However for some reason when I mentioned a plan to put that fitting in place, cut the existing line, and put rubber hose between the two, my mechanic said “that won’t fix the problem you have.” So maybe I’m explaining it wrong here.

Known facts:

Truck was running fine until I changed the fuel filter. I had never done that before but things seem to have went back together correctly.

I noticed fuel dripping out right at those two nuts where the filter is inside of. I tightened it up myself with all my strength and it still leaked. I brought it to my mechanic, who disassembled and double checked it. Put it back together and it still leaked.

I drove around for about a month with the fuel leaking. One day I couldn’t start the truck and lo and behold no fuel was dripping so I figured the fuel flow lost it’s prime so to speak. I do have a manual throttle as well as a normal pedal (don’t know why but it helps warm up in cold weather) and even with that cracked wide open still no start.
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There is no "prime" to lose between the pump and the carb. If fuel can flow, and it's not all leaking out, the bowl will fill and the truck will start. If pouring gas fixes the problem, fuel isn't reaching the carb. Either a plug somewhere or it's leaking massive amounts of fuel and none of it is making it to the bowl.

Also...If you're short of fuel, holding the throttle open will give you a very lean mixture (since there's not enough fuel available). And it's very hard to start on a lean mixture.

Your mechanic is right. If it's leaking at the filter, splicing the line won't help.
 
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