[V8Vairs] Introduction

[PatioMatt at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/15/2007 4:12:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
larry at larryboardman.com writes:

> The car does give off black smoke when I hit the throttle when 
> parked. I assume it smokes when driving as well and it does have that 
> heavy carbon/unused gas smell. I hope to take the back seat and 
> panels off tomorrow to check out the carburetor. The last car I had 
> with a Quadrajet (69 DeVille) that ran rich, it was easier to replace 
> the carburetor than to fool with it.  Iam going to check the receipts 
> to see if it was rebuilt.
> 
> 
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Actually when done on a   high table....just replacing the inlet valve [ 
notorious leaker] is quite  simple / fast / straightforward...

Those 4 metering rods can be seen from the side then!

sounds like your problem...

Matt



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