All of the sudden...

[Tourniqet]

Hey guys,

All of the sudden my car started running horrible... It was right after I thought I was going to adjust the valves, and got the cover off and then realized i did not have the right wrenches. Also I put on an adjustable fuel regulator. But I tested it after that and It ran GREAT! It did not run out of fuel at 60 anymore...

One day it was running fine, and then when i was driving the engine started getting fuzzy and weak like it was starved for something, very aparent too. I thought it was the fuel, so I adjusted that, no luck, carbs... no luck. And then I realized I had my choke still on:stupid: But only one of the chokes work on my DGV's (thats #4 on the list). So anyway I pushed the choke back in and it still would run fine for about 20 seconds. and then as soon as i started to cruise for a while it would die down lose power and eventually die...

Now I have discovered that right under the mechanical fuel pump (that is bypassed) it looks like some oil seepage from fuel pump or the head... I dont know how this would afffect the driving but It has oil and ran at good temperatures. Also one of the carbs main adjustment needles is somewhat stripped. I dont know if it is the sleeve or the screw/needle (thats #1 on the list). Does anyone know where to get a replacement one???

Are their any diagnostic tests I can do to see if its my mixture? Last time I looked at my sparkpluges they were a nice tan, little on the rich side but looked ok...

[beandip]

You are all over the place here. You have a bunch of things going on that you are tinkering with so now you cant tell which is doing what. First have you touched the valves to adjust them yet ? If no leave them alone , for now. Check the ignition for timing and advance both vacume and cent. advance. If this is good then go to what ever you are running for carbs and get them right. If you know of a defect in this area fix this first then ballance and adjust for mixture. From here go to the valves and adjust them if needed. Valves out of adjustment will NOT cause what is bothering the running you described . When an engine is running reletively good and all of a sudden turns sour , unless a major thing happened to the valve train like a broken rocker or spring or something like that , valve adjustment is not the cause. First thing , is to check the plugs , and timing . Are you running a dist. with points ? Unless you have been having trouble with the carbs. then go there , do the carbs each have there seperate filters? What is going on in the float chambers, has a float sprung a lead and sunk? What are you running for a fuel pump that you need a pressure regulater ? If only one choke is working , what's up with that ? Hope I have helped. The best to ya. Gary

[Tourniqet]

Ok,

I am running a stock distributor with points. The vacume is hooked up, last time I checked. I have an electric fuel pump, and the car came with a non adjustable regulator. When I put the bigger carbs and exhaust on It started to lean out at higher speeds. So the new regulator fixed it... I dont know if one of the floats has sunk, but I check. How do you do that anyways... The screw to clamp the chocke cable down is stripped so I am going to use a bolt or re-tap it... and I will retime it when i get back home. Sorry for the ambigious post I realize now that i should try to localize the problem before asking you guys

Thanks