<VV> Turbo engine help needed

[shortle]

Is the choke plate closed when cold? If so does it open some immediately after the engine starts? And what year and model is it (Spyder or Corsa)?
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ramon Rodriguez III <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 15, 2011 7:06 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Turbo engine help needed
>
>Howdy folks,
>
>     Yesterday my (first) turbo Corvair arrived from California on a car
>carrier.  I originally bought the car as "not currently running" though the
>carb and turbo were rebuilt by Clark's four years ago before the car was
>parked while the owner was off the continent.
>
>The seller got the car running and drove it two miles to the car carrier.
>When it got here we hooked up a jumper pack and the car started... idled for
>a minute then quit.  I figured it had emptied the float bowl since it was
>very low on gas and parked very steeply downhill on the trailer.  We towed
>the car home and I have since added about 6 gallons of gasoline but the car
>still wouldn't start back up.
>
>It does fire on starting fluid.  I checked the spark on all plug wires and
>it is good and strong, also checked the timing and it seems ok.  Next thing
>I did was check the fuel pump.  I hooked up to a clear line and a gas can,
>it is pumping fuel fine.  I took the filter bolt off the top of the carb and
>when I cranked it spit gas out the hole forcefully so I seem to have fuel
>pressure at the carb.... but it still won't start.
>
>Keep in mind the car hadn't been touched since driving two miles a little
>over a week ago... so it "should" be something simple.
>
>It'd just be really nice to be able to move the car around the driveway and
>in and out of the shop under it's own power.
>
>-- 
>Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
>Lake Ariel, PA
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