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[GMCnet] Doesn’t want to quit [message #334626] Wed, 04 July 2018 19:57 Go to next message
Anonymous   United States
Hi Dean,

I agree with Jim, todays gasohol sitting in a carb for any length of time is bad news. Throw in a can or two of ethanol conditioner and hope for the best. Want a cure? EFI. In time that will be our only option. The gasohol is formulated to be pressure fed through an injector. No way around that no matter how hard you try workarounds.

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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:40:43 -0700
From: James Hupy
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Bad gasoline, and sticking throttle linkage.
Jim Hupy

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018, 2:38 PM Dean Hanson wrote:

> The gal who bought my 73-23 Glacier out of Santa Cruz, Ca. has started to
> experience dieseling when shutting down. She has had to pull it into gear
> on
> occasion to get it to quit. She did not experience that before putting it
> into a 6 month storage outside last winter.
>
> Thoughts please.
>
>
>
> Dean Hanson
>
> 75-Avion with mama's twin beds.
>
> Fremont, ca
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Re: [GMCnet] Doesn't want to quit [message #334676 is a reply to message #334626] Thu, 05 July 2018 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Tyler is currently offline  Chris Tyler   United States
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While I agree E10 can be problematic, Im not sure you can blame the dieseling on it.

Plenty of problems with dieseling before ethonol was used. I know of several gmc vehicles [mostly cadilacs] that had factory anti diesel solinoinds that completely closed the throttle when the ignition was off.

From what Ive seen the cause is mosly carbon buildup .Bald gas can certainly exacerbate it, and so can an excessive idle setting


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Re: [GMCnet] Doesn't want to quit [message #334677 is a reply to message #334676] Thu, 05 July 2018 15:13 Go to previous message
k2gkk is currently offline  k2gkk   United States
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From April 1962 through June 1964, I had a Pontiac Tempest Le Mans with the big 194.5 cid 4 cyl motor (a 389 cid block with one bank of cylinders omited). Mine had a 10.25:1 compression ratio and a quadrajet carb on the intake. It required "hy-test" gas or it would knock like crazy. It frequently had a serious "run-on" problem after ignition was switched off. I had to put the tranny in 4th gear and let out the clutch to stop the "dieseling." I normally got about 24 mpg on the highway and 19-20 in town, FAR better than the low compression, sgl bbl carb version of the same car.

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From: Gmclist on behalf of Chris Tyler
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 14:35
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While I agree E10 can be problematic, Im not sure you can blame the dieseling on it.

Plenty of problems with dieseling before ethonol was used. I know of several gmc vehicles [mostly cadilacs] that had factory anti diesel solinoinds
that completely closed the throttle when the ignition was off.

From what Ive seen the cause is mosly carbon buildup . Ild gas can certainly exacerbate it, and so can an excessive idle setting
--
76 Glenbrook

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