Re: Eddy Carb Issue
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05/03/11 05:57 PM
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It's not just not just a edby/carter carb problem it's the current BLEND and all carbs. An electric pump would be a way around it , you turn on the pump and it fills the carb , should light right up .
I did what johnrr suggested and works great!
I'm considering doing this on any car I have now wit ha manual fuel pump , I don't trust the ethanol in the fuel and that it could eat thru the rubber diaphragm and fill the crank case with fuel.
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
[Re: JohnRR]
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05/03/11 07:14 PM
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It's not just not just a edby/carter carb problem it's the current BLEND and all carbs. An electric pump would be a way around it , you turn on the pump and it fills the carb , should light right up .
I did what johnrr suggested and works great!
I'm considering doing this on any car I have now wit ha manual fuel pump , I don't trust the ethanol in the fuel and that it could eat thru the rubber diaphragm and fill the crank case with fuel.
you'll be fine. you never drive your car anyway
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
[Re: JohnRR]
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05/03/11 07:22 PM
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It's not just not just a edby/carter carb problem it's the current BLEND and all carbs. An electric pump would be a way around it , you turn on the pump and it fills the carb , should light right up .
I did what johnrr suggested and works great!
I'm considering doing this on any car I have now wit ha manual fuel pump , I don't trust the ethanol in the fuel and that it could eat thru the rubber diaphragm and fill the crank case with fuel.
thats the main reason i went with the elect fuel pump set up on my 440 truck,had this happen 2x already on BB engines.
i lost the first one with a spun rod bearing,then figured it out when I smelled gas in the oil on the second engine.
not going there on this 3rd 440
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
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05/03/11 07:47 PM
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Might try one of those thick Felpro square base gasket iirc ~3/8" for more insulation or a black phenolic 4 hole spacer of what ever thickness your hood w allow & reportedly those are a very good addition to an Eddy
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
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05/03/11 11:18 PM
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Its funny alot of you say its the fuel, hmmm, i remember having the same problem with any eddy carb i ran as far back as the early 90s, after a good week the carb would damn near go dry, Whats ironic is i never had that problem like this with any holley i've ever used & i've used alot of them (unless the gaskets were leaking), my last 3 holleys were on my 360 magnum just last year, that car would sit a good 2 weeks at times (summer or winter) didn't matter on todays blends, the bowls would always hold plenty of fuel . I do agree todays blends have a lower boiling point, but i don't think by much.
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
[Re: joedust451]
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05/03/11 11:25 PM
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the well for the accelerator pump sits up higher then the floor the bowl in the eddy carb...
they is still gas in the bowl..but the pump goes dry due to evaporation of our 4.00 a gallon gas.
holley feeds the accelerator pump from the bottom of the bowl...so the holley will not that the same problem as fast as the eddy carb does..
I park my duster facing down the drive way ...gravity helps the eddy carb...LOL
Tony
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Re: Eddy Carb Issue
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05/04/11 08:31 AM
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Its funny alot of you say its the fuel, hmmm, i remember having the same problem with any eddy carb i ran as far back as the early 90s, after a good week the carb would damn near go dry, Whats ironic is i never had that problem like this with any holley i've ever used & i've used alot of them (unless the gaskets were leaking), my last 3 holleys were on my 360 magnum just last year, that car would sit a good 2 weeks at times (summer or winter) didn't matter on todays blends, the bowls would always hold plenty of fuel .
I do agree todays blends have a lower boiling point, but i don't think by much.
I have limited experience with the Eddy carbs. I've had 2 different Holleys on my BB, a 750 vac sec and a 800 double pumper. The last 2 winters(one with each carb)I parked the car in Oct-Nov and didn't touch it till April. Both times I popped the air cleaner,looked down the carb throat and sure enough....squirt,squirt. Few cranks and it lit right up!
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