[FC] Hard starting

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Steve,
 
It is almost certainly that the fuel is evaporating from your  carbs in the 3 
weeks the Rampside is dormant.  Pumping the accelerator  actuates the 
accelerator pump in the carb itself.  If there is no gas in  the carb, it does 
nothing.  There is no fuel for the accelerator pump to  pump until the fuel pump 
delivers fuel to the carb to replace what has  evaporated.
 
Yes, an electric fuel pump would solve the problem if you let  it run for a 
minute before cranking the starter.  There may be other ways  to slow the 
evaporation of the fuel from the carbs but eventually the fuel will  evaporate.
 
Doc
'60 Corvette; '61 Rampside; '62 Rampside; '64 Spyder; '65  Greenbrier; '66 
Corsa turbo coupe; '67 Nova SS; '68 Camaro ragtop
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In a message dated 7/6/2008 9:00:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
corvanatics-request at corvair.org writes:

Message:  2
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:38:53 -0400
From: "Steven"  <steven at sashimi.org>
Subject: [FC] Hard starting
To:  <corvanatics at corvair.org>
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Twice now since I've  owned my Rampside, a little more than a year now, I 
have had difficulty  starting.  Normally it starts right up.  Both times I had 
the  difficulty it was after about three weeks of not starting the truck.  It  
cranks fine.  It's as if it's not getting any gas even though there's gas  in 
the tank.  Both times I had to pour some gas into the carbs and after  doing 
that it starts.  Once started it runs fine and I have no more  problems starting 
that day, the next, or even after going a week or so not  starting it.    

I can understand that the gas in the carb  might evaporate over two or three 
weeks but I'd think that pumping the  accelerator and cranking it would 
eventually get the gas pumping to the carbs.  

What causes this problem and is there anything short of an electric  fuel 
pump to fix it (other than doing what I'm doing or starting the engine  every 
week)?

Thanks,

Steve Brown

Media, PA

'62  Rampside




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