akojoian

Thanks for the input. Got 'er fixed. The rebuild was a little tricky, but am experienced with carbs, throttle bodies, fuel injection. Prefer Q-Jets ;-) Not really hot on drivability issues with electronic carbs tho... Lately fixed an '85 S10 2.8 V6. Same BS. Again thanks! Adam

Thanks, but as I said in my post, engine runs great warmed up, then suddenly idle goes to crap. Timing is dead on. Choke and idle speed havn't been messed with. Cam timing is correct. Sprayed carb cleaner around base and intake gaskets to check for leaks - none. All ran great prior to head repair job. I'm starting to think that some debris got knocked loose in the float bowl. Carb always was "wet" until removal of intake and I drained fuel from carb by inverting intake/carb assy. Everything sat for a few months 'til I got a round tuit. Perhaps while "drying out", some sludge morphed into a chunk of port clogging (intermittently) ball of s**t? I'll probably be removing carb and performing a rebuild. Thanks again for input. Adam Albany, Oregon '85 GL Wagon '96 Legacy Outback

Howdy All, Am havin' a bit of trouble with my '85 GL's Hitachi Carb or somethin' I recently re-headed my EA82 and cured the broken-head-blowing-white-smoke problem but now have problem with idle. Car starts and run excellent 'til warm or sometimes longer then will idle rough then sometimes dies. Will start right fine: sometimes with bad idle, sometimes not. Spent hours searching the archives for clues. I know that the vac lines are in correct spots, dist. is firing and stable during poor idle, carb is definitely running lean (engine will pick up if carb throat is covered). Check fuel pump pressure and replaced filter. All solenoids/switches are functional. Tried un-corking tank thinking that it might be locking up: no problem there. If i disconnect the connectors to the duty sols., engine will run moderately better. What gets me, is the fact that prior to the re-heading, i didn't have this problem. Also, under load, my GL has great power. I noted while reading the archives that some recommemded NOT plugging ports on these feedback carbs. Any options there? I figured that by diableing the duty solenoids, I'm basically defeating any closed loop operation. Unless a gremlin crawled into my float bowl while I had my intake off, I cannot figure what up/ I REALLY want to fix this porblem without Megasquirting/Weberizing/etc Any help would be much appreciated. Adam Albany, Oregon