-=> Quoting Eric Curtis to Landon Robinson <=-
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 LR>AREA:OLDCARS
 LR>I'm having a problem with my Chevy 350. If I'm out on the road and floo
 LR>gas pedal the engine coughs, sputters, and backfires. But in the drivew
 LR>with the brake applied and the gas pedal on the floor it doesn't do thi
 LR>It has a rebuilt Q-jet carb and just about everything is stock, and I'm
 LR>using 92 octane unleaded gas.
 
 LR>Any suggestions?
 EC> Try changing the fuel filter at the carb.  Had simular problems with a
 EC> sb  chevy that I put in a 83 toyota 4x4.  It would stall on me then
 EC> once I  waited a little bit it would run fine for a few miles and die
 EC> again.  That  little fuel filter ended up costing me $40 for a tow to a
 EC> town before I  finally figured it out.  I had one of those seethrough
 EC> filters and it  looked fine.  Once I got rid of the filter element it
 EC> ran fine for me the  rest of the trip.
The filter is not the problem, I'm about 99.9% sure on this. I doubt it is
the fuel pump either. It was running just fine this last summer, you could
stomp on it and it would fly. It is idling with 18" of vacuum if this is
of any use to you.
 EC> Curt
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