Car wont stay running
Asked by Michael Aug 10, 2014 at 02:52 PM about the 1974 AMC Javelin
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
Starts then acts like not getting gas
and dies. Only idles right a couple
seconds and only if it sets for about a
day. Fuel pressure to carb is good and
has clean gas and good air flow no
vapor lock im told. Im not entirely
mechanically inclined...
4 Answers
Have you checked the float in the carb? Has is sat undriven for a while? If it has take the back of a screw driver and lightly tap on the bowl area of carb. If float is stuck this might just break it free.
It was runnin smooth i was drivin home then it just started to stall and died. I drive it every day the engine has a fresh professional rebuild with less than 1000 miles
Just a thought. Might want to check if any of the plug wires might have fallen onto the exhaust manifold and are shorting out.