no fuel problem w/ carb

[stickybones]

I have a 90 wrangler 6cyl with the 2bbl carb setup. About 4 years/50k miles ago, I had a problem where the beast would die because fuel wasn't making it through the carb (the stock carter??). After having this happen a bunch of times, I gave up trying to fix it and replaced the carb with a stock replacement reman from Holley. Problem went away...until now. In the past week, it's died 3 times on me. Always the same. Starts up and runs for about 20 seconds then dies. No fuel getting through the carb (disconnected the fuel line to the carb and cranked it...it pumps fuel). Any easy solution to this? I just put a gallon of xylene in the tank with a few ounces of marvel mystery oil to see if it "cleans" the carb and fuel system out. Its aggravating when it stalls on me cause it's a ***** to get it running again. So far I've been lucky just tapping the carb, injecting starter fluid and trying a few times to get it running again. Figured my luck is gonna run out soon and I want to fix it right so I don't end up stranded somewhere. BTW, this has been happening on the street, not offroad. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Mike

[Dark Jedi]

Go buy a Predator carb... :wink:

I had a similar problem on a different vehicle. I went and bought a Volvo fuel pump and added it inline near the tank. This keeps the main line pressurized, and helps the float overcome a little stickiness.

I got the Volvo because it was externally mountable, electric, sheilded (for safety) and low pressure. Too much pressure overrides the float, and you have just created an interesting fountain. (Trust me on this one. Sheesh, what a mess.)

Other than that, put about a half pint of diesel fuel in a full tank of gas about once every 10 tanks. Works wonders on cleaning the carb and fuel system, and won't eat your gaskets and seals out. Smokes a tad, but really not much. Unless you use too much diesel.