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Richcz28 said:
Thanks usskoval this is my first third gen but I had another 84 for awhile while my engine was out of this one. I tell myself I would never get one again until I see one drive by in that orange color they had for a couple years and I'm like maybe I'd make an exception.

the inside is really my favorite part of this one
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I LOVE those interiors and have always wanted one. No such luck yet, but I have bought the door panels, the seats, and NOS cloth to do the charcoal/red-orange interior in my '86.

I'd just spin it over a few times, put some Marvel in the cylinders and spin it a few more, then install the plugs and start it. Leave the air cleaner off and watch for fuel to start overflowing out the vent. If it does, give the carb a couple whacks and see if the flooding stops. It should take care of it unless there's a piece of trash lodged in the needle/seat.
 
haha I have a few yards of that blue rolled up in my closet for the day my interior fades out.

Should I change my oil now or after it runs right? its not high at all it just smells, so I'm sure it has some gas in it. Is this a stupid question should I just be changing it and then changing it again if there are more problems?
 
Well, with the price of oil.......
Yeah, you still need to change it. There is no way to tell how diluted it is, and you don't want to scuff a bearing or flatten a cam lobe.

But, you don't have to put the really good stuff in it. Grab some Quaker State, or whatever is cheapest in the right weight and use that with a new filter.

Just don't do a lot of hard driving with it, and change it and the filter again soon with the good stuff when you are sure its all fixed.

Don't forget that the gas will tend to dissolve some of the built up crud in the engine anyway, so doing a double change with filter to take that out is not a bad idea.

Back before detergent oils, it was standard practice to drain the oil out, refill the engine with kerosene, and spin it over a few times.
Then drain that out and put in fresh oil.
Kept the engines nice and clean.
Detergent oils have made that not necessary these days, but there is still going to be stuff in there that the gas will dissolve.
 
Yeah I would probably be changing it again in a couple months anyways when I take it out for real.

I don't really know what people consider the really good stuff. I usually just grab the filter and oil deal that autozone has going on at the moment.

I ran mobil 1 in an ls1 camaro I had for a little bit. The previous owner always had so I just kept it up.

In this car I run conventional oil, my engine guy who did the machine work said it didn't really make much of a difference. I only have like 3000 miles on the engine so I just got off of rotella and gm additives. I was told rotella has things your cam needs during break in that no new oils have.
 
well i just ordered the accel 0576s so we'll give em a whirl, looks like i'll be a few days out getting it started again.
 
Richcz28 said:
well i just ordered the accel 0576s so we'll give em a whirl, looks like i'll be a few days out getting it started again.
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You just reminded me how lucky I am. If I were to buy those plugs, all I have to do is make a quick drive to the local Jeg's store. Never have to wait for stuff :D
 
not fair...

I have my choice of autozone and napa. Napa doesn't take returns and autozone returns anything, even your old parts :) and they have a frequent flyer card so I earn a lot of miles. I can't buy anything performance locally.
 
Well I have to say, I love your car. Someday I hope to have mine looking just as good, that is a thing of beauty, especially with the stock nose. Far too many people are replacing the 82-84 bumper cover with the newer version, and I don't think it looks as good.

As for your carb issue, you can try the screwdriver trick to get it going for now, but I would plan to rebuild it while you have it down. This will allow you to ensure the float is free and not plugging up.
 
Thanks man

The carb is a Holley rebuilt q jet with 3 years and 3000 miles on it
 
You'll know the carb isn't dumping more fuel in there by opening the throttle blades and looking inside to see whether or not fuel is dumping into the intake. This is depending on the carb being full of fuel to begin with, not already had emptied it's bowl into the intake. Keep in mind that as you open the throttle there is a squirt of fuel from the... (damn, I can't remember the name of it)... but it's normal.

I always liked the regular plugs, even with the headers. I just used an offset box wrench to remove/install them.

The pics of your car make me want to pic whore some pics of the 3rd gen I built. I would have to do that from home though, all those pics are on my computer and I'm at work right now.
 
Wait! I found one right here on CK5. I am such a pic whore....

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Lookin good Brian. Are those wheels like 00-02 ss wheels?

Yeah I have to use a box wrench and take most of them out from under the car. The nice part about the acdelco plugs is they are 1.50$ instead of 5$ each.
 
496truck said:
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it'll be a 50/50 whether it's the float hanging up or the needle getting cockeyed... I've seen both... but try a couple raps first before ripping it apart....

I can't tell ya how many quads I've pulled apart and found the needle hangar installed improperly on a prior rebuild that someone had done.... it often leads to the needle hanging up in the bore...
 
Richcz28 said:
Lookin good Brian. Are those wheels like 00-02 ss wheels?

Yeah I have to use a box wrench and take most of them out from under the car. The nice part about the acdelco plugs is they are 1.50$ instead of 5$ each.
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Yes they were. Bought them as take offs right from SLP. I really liked the painted silver wheels on that car, chrome wouldn't have looked right.

ryoken said:
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Nope, thats the "throat" of the carb IIRC.

It's accelerator something. A plunger that pushes a squirt of fuel into the throttle bore when the pedal is pressed. It adds that additional shot of fuel before the carb transitions to other fuel delivery ports below the blades so that there is no hesitation between the transition.
 
dude, I know how a quad works, I've rebuilt hundreds.... accelerator pump..
 
ryoken said:
dude, I know how a quad works, I've rebuilt hundreds.... accelerator pump..
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That's it!!! Accelerator pump!

Right! You know how carbs work. You must have seen/worked on a million with all the boat stuff you do. I haven't touched one in a dogs age. Used to be good with them too. :doah:

So, aside from the intial squirt of fuel from the accelerator pump while opening the throttle, there should be no more fuel entering the intake/exiting the carb.
 
right, the only place the fuel comes from is the vent tube when ya get a stuck float/needle..
 
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