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Vanspeed · 05-16-2021, 06:55 PM

Went for a drive tonight and the car started acting funny at red lights. It would stall if I did not give it a little gas. Made it to dinner and back but it was quite the trip. Once home I started it and at idle, gas is coming up through the hole the accelerator pump rod goes down. Gas comes out and floods the top of the carb. If I give it gas it goes away and runs great. Let it idle and within a few seconds, gas comes back up the hole and out all over the top of the carb. Any thoughts? It is a brand new English stromberg 97 I have had on the car since last year which has the grose jet needle and seat. That looks fine. Float looks fine. I have the early style steel bowl pump. Did that go bad??

05-16-2021, 06:55 PM	#1
Vanspeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suttons Bay, Mich. Posts: 3,385	Stromberg help Went for a drive tonight and the car started acting funny at red lights. It would stall if I did not give it a little gas. Made it to dinner and back but it was quite the trip. Once home I started it and at idle, gas is coming up through the hole the accelerator pump rod goes down. Gas comes out and floods the top of the carb. If I give it gas it goes away and runs great. Let it idle and within a few seconds, gas comes back up the hole and out all over the top of the carb. Any thoughts? It is a brand new English stromberg 97 I have had on the car since last year which has the grose jet needle and seat. That looks fine. Float looks fine. I have the early style steel bowl pump. Did that go bad?? __________________ *Respecting and Resurrecting Ford Model A's.* Last edited by Vanspeed; 05-16-2021 at 07:34 PM.