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Starting Carb Car. Procedure?

Started by E-AT_me, Dec 15 2004 08:19 AM

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Posted 15 December 2004 - 08:19 AM

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hey, all. just wondering if anyone here manually "primes" there carbed car every time they start it by pumping the gas pedal once or twice.

i used to have to pump it like 3 times in my 77 civic. but i think all that this does for us is re-align the choke.
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Posted 15 December 2004 - 08:24 AM

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in my old 85 cdm crx dx i had to push the gas 2x for it to start in the cold.
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Posted 15 December 2004 - 11:27 AM

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Yeah when I start my dx I have to pump teh pedel some to get that beast going.



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Posted 15 December 2004 - 12:04 PM

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I have to pump mine.... if I don't, it'll start, but it will only run for about 2 seconds and then die.

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Posted 15 December 2004 - 12:13 PM

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On my old '84 I seem to recall that I had to press the pedal to the floor once to set the auto choke. If you pumped it twice, it tended to flood in the winter. When it got older, it would sometimes start up and die as if the auto choke was releasing too early. I found I had to press the pedal once to reset the choke. The car would usually start even when it got down to -20F, unless I screwed up and pumped the pedal, which flooded it.
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Posted 16 December 2004 - 08:27 AM

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hehehee. ok. i'll try once first, and then if it don't start, i'll push again.

stupid girlfriends project car almost done.. i just need to get it started. that's all. then it's pretty much done. except for a windshield.. and tires.. but those are the little things.
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Posted 16 December 2004 - 08:51 AM

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in the cold i pump the gas about 3 times plus pull the choke handle out. on the beater i need to pump 6-10 times blink.gif

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Posted 16 December 2004 - 12:59 PM

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Note: Canadian cars had a manual choke. US model cars had an auto choke. The starting procedure is different for US vs CAN models!
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Posted 16 December 2004 - 01:33 PM

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yeah, usdm model here. i know about that auto choke, but for some reason i think i would prefer manual. but it is my girlfriends car, so maybe it's best..
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skrzastek
Posted 16 December 2004 - 06:52 PM

i used to pump the petal three times, slowly, in my 88 accord (carb'd)

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Posted 18 December 2004 - 01:26 AM

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i have a cdn carb and it 2 clicks on the choke and some times a slight push on the gas then in a click ith the choke, my manual 82 accord i had to pump it aobut 2 times to get it going with teh choke.
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