Carbureted Festivas Suck

[ectonine]

are the secondary ports on the carbureted festivas vaccum actuated? for some reason mine will not open. if i put fuel in the carb the car starts right up and idles maxed out then dies. anyone know what that problem is?

[FB71]

my carbed Festy runs great! Ok, let me try to understand what you mean. The will not start on its own, correct? however, if you pour gas into the throat of the carb, its tarts and runs at high rpm for a few seconds, then dies? Is this correct?

If so, then the problem is clogged main jets. The mains feed the idle circuit and transfer circuits in the carb. The accel circuit is fed directly from the bowl. Watch the accel enrich spiggot above the throttle plate as you open the throttle to full (engine off, not cranking). If fuel squirts out, you have fuel in the bowl. Remove the two large plugs at the bottom of the bowl. They are on the passenger side of the carb, facing the strut tower. You now have direct access to the main jets. They are about 1-2 inches in behind those plugs. Use a good carb cleaner (ex.- B12 Chemtool) with a straw on the valve (the little red one that comes with the can), and blast those mains clean. Put the plugs back in, crank it several times to get fuel back in the bowl, and it should start, if that was the only problem.

And the secondary venturi is vacuum operated, so the engine must be running for it to open.

hope that helps.

[ectonine]

yes, what you have described is my problem. well the second venturi i thought was rusted closed so i forced it open. i hope it didn't hurt anything. does anyone have a carb for sale? or does anyone have a fuel injected engine for sale. thanks for all the help homeboy--jeremie

[hellraiser6919]

Man Festivas do not suck...

[ectonine]

did you even read my post hellraiser? i said "carbureted festivas suck" not ALL festivas. the festiva rules no matter what but carburetors suck period--jeremie