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| | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 | In electrical I asked about high charging at high rpms. I have noticed another issue. I was waiting in line for gas and noticed the trucks temp gauge going up so I shut it off. Then it wouldn't start until it cooled down. Do I have an issue and how can I chase it down? Are there steps I can follow?
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Dennis
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,423 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,423 | I am interested in this thread as this issue happens to me frequently in warmer weather...starting again after a short term shut off, be it a 500 mile day or frequent yard sale stop/shut off/go in warmer weather. I have an alternator, do not have Dave's 'water pump re-locator' on this '56 engine but do have it installed on a '62 261 I am in the process of getting together for a summer install.
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1949 Chevy Half Ton
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 | Hi. Sorry to hear it but glad there's two of us. I do have the water pump re locator on my 235. It fits well and put the water pump in the right place. I am thinking of replacing my coolant to see if that helps. Not sure if a 50/50 mix or all coolant is best. Thanks
Dennis
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~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 | So your engine will not start.
It cranks over but not fires?
Have you checked the spark while it is cranking?
If that is good then sounds like a fuel problem related to heat.
If it cranks and if you have spark then splash a table spoon of fuel into the carb see it if runs for a few seconds.
Baking in the nice desert sun, breathing life back into a 48 3800 5 window.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | Ignition timing to retarded can cause overheating.
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 | Never run more than 70% concentration of antifreeze- - - -it needs at least 30% water to transfer heat properly, and pure Ethylene Glycol starts to freeze at +19 degrees F. A 50/50 mix freezes at -37 degrees F. and boils without pressure applied at about 220 degrees. If it gets colder (or hotter) than that in Tennessee, I'm moving to Tahiti!
You might be experiencing "hot soak" where the fuel in the float bowl boils and percolates into the intake, causing a flooded condition. Try holding the throttle wide open and cranking until the engine starts to clear the flood.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 639 | I'm going to agree with Jerry here. If you run your truck for half an hour or more (takes less on hot days), shut it off and restart it within five minutes, it'll be fine. If it sits longer, the heat under the hood from the hot engine causes Jerry's "hot soak". It will also cause the fuel in the fuel line from the pump to the carb to expand, feeding more fuel into the carb even after it's shut down. If you were to pop the hood you would find your carb is wet from excess fuel seeping out. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,275 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,275 | You can shine a light down through the carb and look for pooled up gas on the bottom of the intake manifold. More of the excess gas ends up there than what seeps out of the outside of the carb.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Well Dennis that will teach you to move from nice cool Texas to overly hot SoCal. I agree with Jerry, that is what we use to do back in the day. Hold it wide open and crank.
Martin
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 | After a couple of generations of driving vehicles with fuel injection, we sort of forget how to deal with a flooded engine. I guess that's a good thing, "progress"- - - -until we try to deal with antique technology!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 | Still have not found the OBDII to plug my snap-on solus into.
But that is a good thing.
Baking in the nice desert sun, breathing life back into a 48 3800 5 window.
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