car doesn't want to idle

js72mav · 07-18-2014, 10:50 PM

ok, 2 weeks ago at the s/ss race my car started to idle very weird. I first noticed it after my burnout. I put it into 1st gear and the car wanted to stall out. I managed to save it but lost the round. Now, I can't get the car to idle or basically run right at all. It seems to idle better (but not right) in Neutral and then when I put it in gear and it wants to die. Very confused, there was no warning or anything.
Any thoughts or a starting point of things to check?

Ford 289 with the 4100 Autolite carb. I did check the fuel filter.

Thanks,
Jamie

Billy Nees · 07-19-2014, 07:41 AM

Assuming that you haven't hurt anything, I'd say that you have a vacuum leak or a plugged idle air bleed.

07-18-2014, 10:50 PM	#1
js72mav Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 31 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	car doesn't want to idle ok, 2 weeks ago at the s/ss race my car started to idle very weird. I first noticed it after my burnout. I put it into 1st gear and the car wanted to stall out. I managed to save it but lost the round. Now, I can't get the car to idle or basically run right at all. It seems to idle better (but not right) in Neutral and then when I put it in gear and it wants to die. Very confused, there was no warning or anything. Any thoughts or a starting point of things to check? Ford 289 with the 4100 Autolite carb. I did check the fuel filter. Thanks, Jamie

07-19-2014, 07:41 AM	#2
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,223 Likes: 3,103 Liked 6,792 Times in 1,524 Posts	Re: car doesn't want to idle Assuming that you haven't hurt anything, I'd say that you have a vacuum leak or a plugged idle air bleed. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS World's greatest Under-Achiever!