Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Categories
- All Discussions27,201
- Orphaned Marques
- ↳ Hudson21,257
- ↳ Street Rods808
- ↳ Off Topic569
- ↳ American Motors149
- ↳ Kaiser - Frazer70
- ↳ Nash71
- ↳ Packard163
- ↳ Studebaker122
- Classic American Cars
- ↳ Ford Motor Company959
- ↳ Chrysler Corporation478
- ↳ GM Corporation1,397
- ↳ Post War Chevrolets75
- ↳ Pontiac Forum119
- General
- ↳ All makes1,967
- ↳ Poll Discussions24
- Swapmeets & Events
- ↳ Events130
- ↳ Swapmeets108
- Hot Rod Corner
- ↳ Ford Rods90
- ↳ Lead Sleds67
- Special Interest Groups
- ↳ The Flathead Forum139
- European marques
- ↳ MG Car Company2
- ↳ Mercedes-Benz2
In this Discussion
- J Spencer April 2012
1979 oldsmobile regency 98 - slow to start - cause?
-
I have a 1979 oldsmobile regency 98. 350. When I start it when it has been sitting overnight, I push the gas pedal and the choke closes appropriately. Then I turn the key and with either holding the pedal to the floor or pumping the pedal (doesn't matter) the starter turns and turns for 5-10 seconds, then all of a sudden it fires up. Once it goes it runs fine. This only happens when it is cold. When its warm it fires up right away. I've owned this car for a year and it seems that the time it takes to start has slightly increased. What do you think the cause of this is? One person mentioned that the gas is different now vs 1979 and being slow to start is expected. Does that make sense? Should I replace/rebuild the carburetor? Fuel filter? Or just keep driving it like this (it still always starts). Thanks in advance. Any thoughts appreciated.
-
A couple of possibilities. Accelerator pump weak, if you pump the gas 2-3 times does it help? The pump plunger could be being affected by the ethanol in the gas. Anew carb kit should have pump that is blue in color which denotes that it is formulated for ethanol. May be able to check in am by removing air cleaner, keeping choke open, look in carb, open throttle, should have strong stream of gas going into carb. The pump in my Q-Jet was like that.
Other possibility is the carb is leaking fuel from bottom of float bowl into intake and evaporating therefore needing the fuel pump to fill the carb. This was a problem on Q-Jets but usually takes a few days for it to run dry. One repair for that is to take the carb off, remove the base and epoxy the two plugs at bottom of float bowl. Might even be able to Google that. My carb has this problem, starts fine if used every day or two, but if it set more than that I have to crank it until the carb fills up.
By the way the Q Jet is on my Hudson. Hope this helps!
Jim Spencer
WNY/Ontario Chapter
