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Old 01-24-2014, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GTO68FXSTC98 View Post
I don't know the history of your car, but if that carb hasn't been taken apart and cleaned, I would start there. If the gas in the tank is older than 2 years or hasn't beed treated, dump it (or run it in your lawn mower) and replace with fresh.
X2. Darth what condition is your carburetor in? The reason I ask is that ethanol in today's fuel gums them up. Remove it, disassemble it, and put it in a gallon bucket of carb cleaner that you can get at autozone, the one with the strainer. Get you a carb rebuild kit and change out the gaskets and jets. Drop the tank, clean it out and put in fresh ethanol free gas. Also as stated earlier check your timing and vacuum lines and I think you should be good.

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