Re: Hard starting when Hot

Posted by Dave Schmick On 2017/4/10 12:48:03

Assuming that the problem is not electrical in nature, another thing you could try that's simple is to floor the throttle when presented with the condition. This will fully open the choke. What you could be dealing with is a phenomenon involving "fuel percolation" in the carb which can lead to a flooded engine situation. When I first encountered the problem almost 10 years ago in my 23rd series Super (after just having acquired it), I was totally baffled and very concerned. But via this forum I was advised to try this approach, and it worked. And it has ever since...without fail. I have replaced the car's coil as well as points/condenser, and the car does have 00 cables...yet, I do encounter this situation still. But flooring the pedal always gets me started again.