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Double Stack · 09-07-2011, 05:00 PM

Well I just went for a drive, and my temp at a light started to get up to 200. I killed the engine, and waited for the green. Once on the road it dropped down to 180, but the other day it was hotter outside and I was only getting up to 160 while driving, and 190 tops at a light. Damn it! The truck ran like crap too. Really dying out when I’d try to get on it. Also, when I got home I popped the hood and my carb was smoking. My temp still said just shy of 180, so what could this be. Is my carb dumping buckets of fuel to the point it’s splashing the sides of my carb and then burning off the edges or what?

CC69Rat,
I’ll give it a shot when it cools down. Good idea though, thanks! I’m going to get this biitch dialed eventually.

09-07-2011, 05:00 PM	#67
Double Stack Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 82	Re: Timing problem Well I just went for a drive, and my temp at a light started to get up to 200. I killed the engine, and waited for the green. Once on the road it dropped down to 180, but the other day it was hotter outside and I was only getting up to 160 while driving, and 190 tops at a light. Damn it! The truck ran like crap too. Really dying out when I’d try to get on it. Also, when I got home I popped the hood and my carb was smoking. My temp still said just shy of 180, so what could this be. Is my carb dumping buckets of fuel to the point it’s splashing the sides of my carb and then burning off the edges or what? CC69Rat, I’ll give it a shot when it cools down. Good idea though, thanks! I’m going to get this biitch dialed eventually. Last edited by Double Stack; 09-07-2011 at 05:11 PM.