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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 | I have a '50 with a 216 and a one barrel carb. I put fresh gas in, a new fuel filter, and fuel pump. If I dribble a little gas in the carb, it starts and runs til the gas burns then it dies. When I pulled the fuel line and hit the starter, a small amount of gas flows out. Based on that I think I have a good pump and filter. Where do I go from here? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 | A good fuel pump will "squirt" gas out. Small amount probably not enough to fill the carb. Are you sure the gas tank, and fuel line is clean? Have you overhauled the carb? Be careful when working with "gas"! No fun trying to put out a garage fire!!! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 | It's a new fuel pump. Could I have installed it wrong? I used some carb cleaner is all the work it has seen. When I got the truck I drained the tank. Somebody at work says I may have a vacuum problem. Is there any merit to that assertion? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Since it runs when you pour gas down the carburetor then stalls when that gas is gone it's obviously a fuel supply problem. You pulled the fuel line from where? It should get a strong pulsing fuel flow if your path in unobstructed. Step one pull the line from the carb & crank the starter. If no strong flow pull the line from the outlet side of the pump & crank it. If no strong flow pull the feed side. Fuel should run out with no restriction. Work your way back until there's no restriction. If you get all the way to the tank with just a dribble it's time to pull & clean the tank.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | sounds like a pumping issue.....one can receive a bad one at purchase...usually if it will run when gas is in the carb and
stops it is a good sign the fuel pump is defective.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 27 | Thanks for all the help! I got it started yesterday. The fuel filter was the culprit. The truck idles fine but has very poor acceleration and even backfires when I try to speed up. So I think a carb kit purchase is in my future. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Also, FWIW, I've noticed that the original glass-topped fuel pump works a heck of a lot better than the modern all-metal replacements. The modern ones would deliver fuel, sure, but they didn't seem to deliver enough and I had the same issues you describe. I ended up adjusting the mixture so that it would run right, but I had all kinds chugging when the truck went up a hill, and problems starting the engine.
And this was after I had rebuilt and cleaned up the carburetor and had the tank cleaned up, and replaced the fuel filter.
I finally compared the rebuilt pump to the replacement I'd purchased, and it was no contest. While the modern metal unit did deliver fuel up through the fuel filter and to where I'd pulled the line from the carb, the stream wasn't terribly strong.
The glass-top unit almost hit the firewall.
The old girl runs a lot better with the old rebuilt unit. Dunno why the new ones don't seem to be as good. | | |
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