Re: Tom's V8

[jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)]

In a brilliant stroke of genius, Steve Stegmann
<stegmann@domain.elided> blurted out:

>Landry,
>
>What part of the carb is running rich when it fouls only under heavy 
>load.  Could that be a misadjusted power valve??

I would sure think it's the power valve.  It opens in stages as the
manifold vacuum drops.  If it were defective in such a way as to dump loads
of raw fuel into the intake, then that would sure create a situation like
Tom has.

However, I seem to vaguely recall the he purchased and installed a new
power valve early on.  Tom ought to try installing a different carb...
maybe borrow one... to see if the problem goes away.

John
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