Thread: Head gasket?
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Old 05-15-2022, 08:00 PM
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The idle screws are 1 and 1/2 turn out. The floats were sitting half way up when I had the car apart, and the fuel sits at just about the top of the porthole on the carb. The primary closes as it should the best I can tell. . Right now it just does not want to idle at all.. has to be at like 1500 to stay running. I’ve tried moving the distributor, but haven’t had much luck. I just pulled the drivers side valve cover and there were puddles of fuel resting in it. Also I did see the leak on the header by 3 and 5, so now Im thinking it. Oils be a head gasket…it is smoking pretty good but now white smoke that’s why im not sure hers a pic of what a few minutes of running will cause.. and a pic of the gas puddle under the valve cover
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