Re: IML: Is my '67 about to be stranded? Dies while idling

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also check for vacuum leaks on the accessories
(unlikely) by using dykes or vice-grips to clamp-off
the various vacuum lines one by one.

If engine idle changes after the count of 4, you have
a loose hose or torn diphram or something, and the
vacuum port should be blocked off.

-K



--- Tim Klein <iml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> (Apologies if this is a duplicate posting. Stupid
> hotel Internet connection...)
> 
> I'm currently on the road in my '67 far from home
> (posting this from
> a hotel room in Bentonville, Arkansas), and the
> Imperial has
> developed a new problem.  So far it hasn't left me
> stranded, but I
> figured I'd better post here now, in case it does
> get that bad before
> I make it home...
> 
> I'm finding that if I start the engine after it's
> good and warm (from
> driving), it won't stay running unless I keep my
> foot on the gas a
> little.  And even then, as I'm slowly driving out of
> whatever parking
> lot I'm in, it hesitates a bit, acting as if it's
> barely getting
> enough fuel.
> 
> But... starting up cold is no problem.  And once I
> get on the road,
> it's fine.  And after it's been up to speed for a
> while, I don't have
> to keep my foot on the gas while idling at a red
> light.  In other
> words, the problem (so far) happens only upon
> restarting the car
> while the engine is still warm.
> 
> Fuel pump problem, maybe?  For a '67, is that one of
> those blessed
> parts that's actually easy to find in retail auto
> parts shops?  (Even
> if so, I doubt I'm up to replacing it myself.)
> 
> Thanks for any advice!
> 
> Tim Klein
> '67 Crown 4DHT
> 
> 
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