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Thank you for taking the time to read over this. I'm a new owner of a 68' camaro that came from Naples last summer. It has a 383 stroker in it. Having an issue starting the car back up after it died in my garage. Noticed the little fuel plastic filter window has no gas or very minor amount of gas towards the bottom of well. If I remove the air filter and spray starter fluid at carb the car actually turns over in attempt to fire up. Guess my question is, do you think it's the fuel pump, or something else? And how do I proceed
Thank you in advance. Looks like some gas but actually pretty bone dry. If I pump the cylinder very minor amount of gas is visible entering
Are you sure there's gas in the tank....don't trust the gauge.
You could use some low pressure air to blow back through the fuel line to be sure there are no leaks where the fuel pump could suck air.
While line is off inlet side of fuel pump, you could have someone crank the motor and use your finger seeing if there is suction at the pump (if no helper, maybe try a bottle with some gas in it, and a hose from fuel pump to bottle to see if it gets sucked up)
Thanks for the idea with suction, much appreciated. My buddy was over and gave me grief about gas prior. He was the one who sprayed starter fluid while I attempted to crank it, and also noticed no fuel in filter. I was hesitant so I added another 3 gallons. Fuel showing almost midline at gauge.
If the car has sat for a decent length of time without running, it’s likely a fuel contamination issue. ASSuming this is carbureted, when the ethanol in our fuel starts to go crusty…takes a few months…it will wreak havoc on a carburetor. You will likely end up pulling the carb and disassembling it to clean it, or have it cleaned at a shop. There are still a couple good carb shops here in Ga believe it or not.
Fuel tanks are easily gummed up and can get rusty quickly as well, due to ethanol. Just a couple of ideas…..
First what type of carb? If Holley, remove the fuel bowl sight plugs and rock the car some, to see if there is fuel in the bowls. It should also squirt fuel from the Discharge Nozzles/squirters.
Does it have the block mounted mechanical fuel pump? If so unhook the out fuel line, put it into a can/container and crank the engine, it works off the camshaft. When block mounted mech pumps fail, sometimes they pump fuel into the engine itself. So check your oil. The drive lobe on the cam or fuel-pump-pushrod itself could have failed also.
With a 383 I'd expect it to have an aftermarket mech fuel pump, some are rebuild-able.
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68' camaro start issue 
