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| | | | Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 76 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 76 | I have a 265 sbc with Rochester 2 jet.To get the truck to start I have to pump the gas pedal about 10 times to get it to fire up.What could it be fuel pump or carb or somthing else.Thanks in advance. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 | Is the choke fully closed when the engine is cold?
How often do you start it?
Whats the condition of the plugs?
Last tuneup? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,778 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,778 | What are the results of a volume/pressure/vacuum test of the fuel pump? Remember the old Sun test equipment slogan- - - -"We test, not guess!"
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!
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 583 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 583 | Possible worn out accelerator pump in the carburetor. Dirty/clogged carburetor. Float sticking closed.
Rick
1939 Chevrolet Stake Truck
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