need some help. carb spits like crazy.
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need some help. carb spits like crazy.
5.3 lm7 in a 91 s10. Stock cam. Just a Vic Jr and 1 5/8 headers. When I try starting it its spits and back fires and catches the fuel in the Carb on fire. Then after a while of trying to start it it'll finally start and die randomly and if I blip the throttle real quick it'll shoot flames and almost die but I can ease in to it and it won't miss much. What cud this be? All my searches brought up dizzy probs on sbc's. Carb is a 4160 750 Holley dual feed vac. Secondarys. Fuel pressure is 6psi
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If it's doing this when cold that's normal. Welcome to the carb world. If your carb still has the choke plate in it. Hook it up to a cable and problem solved.
Back in the older days we kept a glove box full of power valves because when we'd get a sneeze it usually blew the diaphragm out. Now they have a check ball to prevent that.
Back in the older days we kept a glove box full of power valves because when we'd get a sneeze it usually blew the diaphragm out. Now they have a check ball to prevent that.
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Carbs can be hard to start when cold but shouldn't be backfiring. You might have multiple issues. Backfires are usually timing related but too lean can make it worse. Not wanting to idle could be the tune is off or choke out of adjustment.
Could be a vac leak. Double check all connections and cap all unnecessary vac lines (like the brake booster/PCV) until you get it started.
Start with the idle mixture screws out about a turn and half. Check float levels good, no bad gaskets in the carb. Can't hurt to pull the plugs and give them the once over.
What timing curve do you have in the MSD box? if you don't have a MAP sensor make sure and zero out the vac advance.
The car will run without a cam sensor but you have a 50-50 chance of it starting up right. the other half of the time it will be 180 out causing back fires. Still, half the time it should be OK.
You might try a little starting fluid to see if it will catch. Since it is backfiring squirt some in the carb, step back and then try to start it. Otherwise you might trim your eyebrows.
Could be a vac leak. Double check all connections and cap all unnecessary vac lines (like the brake booster/PCV) until you get it started.
Start with the idle mixture screws out about a turn and half. Check float levels good, no bad gaskets in the carb. Can't hurt to pull the plugs and give them the once over.
What timing curve do you have in the MSD box? if you don't have a MAP sensor make sure and zero out the vac advance.
The car will run without a cam sensor but you have a 50-50 chance of it starting up right. the other half of the time it will be 180 out causing back fires. Still, half the time it should be OK.
You might try a little starting fluid to see if it will catch. Since it is backfiring squirt some in the carb, step back and then try to start it. Otherwise you might trim your eyebrows.
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While the engine is idling, hold a rag over the carb bores and see if the rpm rises and engine smooths out. That would indicate a vacuum leak or overly lean condition. This is easy to check. Let us know.
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Really dude? A good carb is more likely to be lean on a coldstart than a problem carb with fuel leakdown. Hence is why I suggested hooking up the choke. And a custom tune on an ignition box?
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While the engine is idling, hold a rag over the carb bores and see if the rpm rises and engine smooths out. That would indicate a vacuum leak or overly lean condition. This is easy to check. Let us know.
OP,
While the engine is idling, hold a rag over the carb bores and see if the rpm rises and engine smooths out. That would indicate a vacuum leak or overly lean condition. This is easy to check. Let us know.
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Here is my 2 cents, the only way you can get flames firing up thru the carb is if a spark plug fires at the same time an intake valve is open on a cylinder. This is usually an ignition timing thing but since you have a MSD I am not sure how that could happen. If you had a distributor I would say your wires are crossed. (!) Maybe you have the left bank and the right bank wiring mixed up?
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5.3 lm7 in a 91 s10. Stock cam. Just a Vic Jr and 1 5/8 headers. When I try starting it its spits and back fires and catches the fuel in the Carb on fire. Then after a while of trying to start it it'll finally start and die randomly and if I blip the throttle real quick it'll shoot flames and almost die but I can ease in to it and it won't miss much. What cud this be? All my searches brought up dizzy probs on sbc's. Carb is a 4160 750 Holley dual feed vac. Secondarys. Fuel pressure is 6psi
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- Lean condition
- timing too far retarded
- ignition firing at the wrong time
Now, you must find out which one is at play. Start by trying to determine which is the most likely and work toward the least likely.
I would say most likely is an improperly calibrated or adjusted carburetor. I would start by checking the float levels, jetting and accelerator pump operation and adjustment. Adjust the float levels. Start with factory recommended jetting. Then check the accelerator pump for proper operation and adjustment.
Also, you will likely find that you need at least .037" accelerator pump discharge nozzles. This is common on LS engines.
If you are running an Edelbrock Performer RPM, make sure the ignition module mounting holes are plugged.
The timing being too far retarded is not likely as even the factory settings create this condition, but it needs to be and is easily checked.
There have been multiple complaints of failed cam sensors. That will need to be investigated if the other potential problems do not pan out. I have also seen 1 or 2 complaints about some wiring issues.
One more thing is make sure you have good voltage. I have seen some threads complaining that the MSD 6010 and 6012 models will develop problems when the voltage drops too low.
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5.3 lm7 in a 91 s10. Stock cam. Just a Vic Jr and 1 5/8 headers. When I try starting it its spits and back fires and catches the fuel in the Carb on fire. Then after a while of trying to start it it'll finally start and die randomly and if I blip the throttle real quick it'll shoot flames and almost die but I can ease in to it and it won't miss much. What cud this be? All my searches brought up dizzy probs on sbc's. Carb is a 4160 750 Holley dual feed vac. Secondarys. Fuel pressure is 6psi
Thanks
Ethan
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Ethan
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Problem fixed pulled up my 6010 diagram on my phone both cylinder banks had coil plugs ran to wrong cylinders. Soon as I fixed it fired rite up in less then a second and held an idle all in 35 degree weather