yes a smoking barrel! well i don't know to much about carbs, if i ever had a problem before i just sold the car:horse: ( this is the first car i have actually been really excited about in my life:headbang: )....blah, blah....on to the problem:rolleyes: . my 1986 EA82 stock carb is acting up ( I think ) at first the car started to bog down, sputter, and smell like gas, when i went up a hill, but not all the time. so i changed plugs, cap, rotor, wires, air filter, and a fresh oil change. runs great for months! then on a wet night on the way home from work it did it again. so in frustration i popped off the air filter (because i smelt gas) and found in the forward barrel filled with what looked like smoke! on further inspection it actually looked more like a fog plus it did not smell like smoke. the forward barrel ( the one by the radiator) is really dirty looking and the fog obviously was not letting that barrel get air. so is it Webber time and junk the carb rebuild the carb, or is this the sign of something more catastrophic ie.....head gasket, lifters, oil pump? and yes i did a search but had a hard time finding info relative to my situation. and the Chilton is no help so i have come to the masters for advice. I'm sure someone has had this problem before and i hope that knowledge will take me to the next subie level! thanks in advance for your help!

so i think this might be a fuel problem but not sure i did do a fuel filter change a few months ago but i don't think that caused the problem. any help would be appreciated:confused:

The smoke you saw is actually unburned gas vapor, and it's not unusual to find it in the carb of a warm engine. In fact, if you pump the accelerator with the engine warm (engine off) you'll see the vapor form as the accelerator pump pumps fuel into the carb.

 

It sounds like you just need to rebuild your carb. The Weber is a good alternative, but you need to be aware that it's not a direct bolt-on. Even with the kit, you'll need to do some fabrication (bellcrank and PCV hoses, for example), and you may need to set up the jetting and idle corrections.

It looks as though I fixed the problem! In case this ever gets searched it was the vacuum advance. it was sticky some times and some times not. good old WD-40 did the trick! thats the 5th thing it has fixed on my wagon! i will never leave home without it:banana:

Ahhhh!!!! wd 40 also works good for catching salmon:grin:

how?