Re: Proud New Owner of a 49 Packard Club Sedan

Posted by PackardusOctavus On 2018/12/1 21:20:42

Well, I did nothing, which is why I asked about the choke and rich idle setting. The engine ran decently with 2 or 3 blown cyls, ie, that were running on a fuel air water cocktail. It seems to me that since the air is whatever comes thru the carb and is therefore relatively constant,, and water does not burn, there has to be more fuel to get the cocktail to explode. This would make the non blown ones too rich, but they still fired.
It seems to me that removing the water from the cocktail by retorquing would not cause it to not start, but rather to run badly because it's too rich. Or maybe I flooded it. I put a screwdriver in the carb to hold the choke open, so that should evap all fuel from any cyl with an open intake valve. I'll check the carb manual as to the choke and idle mixture setting tonite and set them before I try to start it. It'll have a full charge then.