<VV> Broken Starter Nose

[Mark Durham]

Joel, my 62 used to do the same thing until I adjusted the float levels
down a bit and added a fuel pressure regulator in between the pump and
carbs and adjusted the fuel flow to just enough to keep the engine
happy going down the road in normal driving. Mark Durham

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From: Joel McGregor
Sent: 6/21/2012 9:13
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Broken Starter Nose
I'm sure we will get different opinions but my experience in Texas
heat with Corvairs is that when you run them on a hot day and get them
really warm, the gas boils out of the carbs and floods the engine when
you shut it off.  If it sits overnight the gas evaporates and all is
good except the carbs have to fill back up for it to start.  If you
try to restart it at the wrong time it's flooded, the carbs are empty
and the chokes have closed.  Cranking with the throttle wide open is
the only way to get it to start and that's assuming your linkage on
the chokes is adjusted properly so when the throttle is wide open it
kicks the chokes open.  I've thought about mounting an electric fan on
the deck lid on my earlies with a timer that runs the fan for a while
after the engine is off to cool things down.
Granted all this is going on with cars that have a lot of miles and
heads that haven't been de-flashed.
Joel McGregor

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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Byron Comp
[byron.comp at yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: <VV> Broken Starter Nose

Man, I sure hope that's not the case with mine. I'd rather take the
blame than to think that the new clutch and flywheel, both heavy duty
from Clark's, are suspect.

With an ambient temp of 97-98 here in Northeast PA yesterday, I took
the Monza for a 100+ mile cruise. When we stopped for lunch, it
wouldn't restart again. Don't know if it was vapor locked or flooded.
I tried everything I knew, but the only thing I succeeded in doing was
in running the battery down. Finally called for road service through
my Hagerty insurance and a fellow "Chevy lover" came out and provided
enough extra juice from a jump that I could get it running. It did act
like it was flooded (black smoke) when it finally started.

Never a dull moment. It was way too hot to be out running around
anyway, even with the top down.

Byron Comp
'64 Monza Vert
Williamsport, PA
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