The Jeep was parked outside for 10 years about 5 miles from the ocean with a full tank of gas in it.
When we drained the tank and inspected, it was clean!!!
New Battery, Plugs, fuel filter, air filter, gas and oil, primed the fuel pump and it started right up, and idled fine and accelerates fine.
Carb looks clean from the top. The jeep is all there all the emissions are all plugged in.
Here’s the problem:
The thing runs so rich, that after tinkering with it for about an hour I used up the 4 gallons of gas that I had put in it.
I have played with the Idle mixture screw and it has no effect, well one effect when you turn it all the way closed it pollutes even more.
The nipple next to the idle mixture screw was clogged, I unclogged it, no effect. Well one effect it seems to need the choke to start now, It didn’t need it before I started messing with the carb.
It pollutes in idle and when you hit the gas, it seems to clear up on deceleration just before it goes into idel.
Also while it was running out of gas it leaned out, idled a bit high and ran clean for a minute.
I know right off the bat everyone will say rebuild the carb. Even the manual says worn jets.
Just looking for anything else we can do before I start throwing money at it.
I have read through a Haynes manual, it was daunting cause its not specific to my model.
Also its says before you start adjusting your mixture, make sure that EVERYTHING else is in order.
Emissions, valves, timing, etc…
I’m not trying to pass smog or anything, would just like it to run a bit cleaner without hurling money at it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
When we drained the tank and inspected, it was clean!!!
New Battery, Plugs, fuel filter, air filter, gas and oil, primed the fuel pump and it started right up, and idled fine and accelerates fine.
Carb looks clean from the top. The jeep is all there all the emissions are all plugged in.
Here’s the problem:
The thing runs so rich, that after tinkering with it for about an hour I used up the 4 gallons of gas that I had put in it.
I have played with the Idle mixture screw and it has no effect, well one effect when you turn it all the way closed it pollutes even more.
The nipple next to the idle mixture screw was clogged, I unclogged it, no effect. Well one effect it seems to need the choke to start now, It didn’t need it before I started messing with the carb.
It pollutes in idle and when you hit the gas, it seems to clear up on deceleration just before it goes into idel.
Also while it was running out of gas it leaned out, idled a bit high and ran clean for a minute.
I know right off the bat everyone will say rebuild the carb. Even the manual says worn jets.
Just looking for anything else we can do before I start throwing money at it.
I have read through a Haynes manual, it was daunting cause its not specific to my model.
Also its says before you start adjusting your mixture, make sure that EVERYTHING else is in order.
Emissions, valves, timing, etc…
I’m not trying to pass smog or anything, would just like it to run a bit cleaner without hurling money at it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
