'53 Cavalier fuel problem

Posted by scottie On 2010/6/9 19:21:13

Hi all. Let me give a rundown of what I've done and what I'm experiencing and hopefully someone out there has the answer! Replaced/cleaned both fuel filters, rebuilt my electric fuel pump, plenty of pressure up to the carb. I start her up, she runs for about ten seconds and then sputters and stops running. If I pull the large brass plug on the top front of the carb where the fuel comes in, I see nothing inside. If I leave the car "ON" and crack the seal on the glass fuel filter, fuel starts coming in, and my car runs. I really don't want to have to do this every time I start her up. This is something that just started to happen recently. To me, it seems that my system is vapor locking right after the glass fuel filter on the front of the carb. Any ideas? Thanks,

Scott