[T2] Clogged carbs

[Jim Denton]

If you aren't driving the van much and running through at least a tank of
gas every two weeks or so then you may be having problems with gasohol
going sour.  You could try adding a bottle of Carb/FI cleaner to you tank
and run alcohol free gas if you can find it.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Dave Gillingham <dave at coronado-realty.com>
wrote:

> Hi List:
>
> I have a problem with my ’73 panel van.  It has a ’75 2.0 liter with dual
> Kadrons.  The engine and carbs were new about 8 years ago, and I have about
> 35Kmi on them.
>
> Here is the issue: If I don’t drive the van for about a week, it gets
> pissed at me and runs poorly for (usually) a block or two - like it is not
> running on at least one cylinder - and then it will suddenly clear and
> everything is fine.  I suspect a jet is getting clogged (don’t know why).
> When I rebuilt the carbs a couple of years ago I also added two new fuel
> filters but the characteristics of the problem did not change.  Drive it
> every day - fine.  Ignore it for a week or so - problem.
>
> Yesterday, after not having driven the van for about 2 weeks, it was
> running poorly, but this time got worse instead of better.  Couldn’t even
> make it back to the driveway.
>
> My question:  Short of pulling the carbs and cleaning them out, is there
> an easier way to blow some air through the carb, or clean the jets?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Gillingham
> Owner/Broker
> Coronado Island Realty
> O: 619-435-0145 x 103
> M: 619-992-5318
>
>
>
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