[DeTomaso] Engine stalls on start up -Help!!!

[Mike Drew]

...and you could have picked up trash from the bottom of the tank which is now plugging up your carb, if you don’t have a fuel filter?

Mike

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> On Jul 27, 2019, at 16:43, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   If it's that low on gas you may have started picking up the dregs in
>   the tank, which may have some water in it given hygroscopic nature of
>   ethanol blended fuels. Also fuel evaporates from fuel bowls etc. and
>   leaves a layer of varnish which takes a little while to wash back off.
>   Do you aheva cold satrt (choke) circuit? If so is it manual or electric
>   and functional?
> 
>   Modern AGM batteries don't like being fully discharged, in fact it cuts
>   their life in half, I always keep a trickle charger on the car when not
>   in use for more than a week, there is likely always some level of
>   parasitic drain.
> 
>   Julian
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>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Panteratime via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2019 4:01 PM
>   To: detomasoregistry at gmail.com <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
>   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine stalls on start up -Help!!!
> 
>   thanks Chuck--Will put trickle charge on this evening.  step 1 !
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
>   To: 'Panteratime' <panteratime at aol.com>
>   Cc: List DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Sat, Jul 27, 2019 5:48 pm
>   Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Engine stalls on start up -Help!!!
>   Folks,Scenario:  1972-stock motor with Demon carb--ran great only a few
>   months ago.  Took seats out ot reupholster.  Car sat for a
>   month Car starts and stalls Give it gas-fights to stay running
>   Observations:Very low on gasAmmeter pinned to right the entire minute
>   the car was fighting to run.
>   Added some gas--definitely off E but not a 1/4 tank  ran much longer
>   but still had to feather gas to keep running--Ammeter pinned to
>   right all the time car was struggling to keep running
>   I haven't run the car in a month.
>   Suggestions?  Thoughts?  Thanks!!!
>>>> First deal with the charging issue.
>   Any car (battery) stored for a while will likely need a top-off charge
>   before driving.
>   It can be hard on the system when at max charge for longer periods.
>   Why strain the car's
>   electrical system.
>   *Put a trickle charger directly on the battery until charged.
>   As to the starting or running, it might be the fuel pump (weak, old, or
>   diaphragm failing).
>   You symptoms may be fuel starvation.
>   Should I continue ?
>   Chuck
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