cstew47
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- Joined
- Feb 7, 2015
- Posts
- 181
- Reaction score
- 120
- Location
- colombia
- First Name
- craig
- Truck Year
- 1978
- Truck Model
- K5
- Engine Size
- 383
This is a problem that I thought had been fixed. My K5 started stalling out on steeper hills. I had just rebuilt the carb (1405 EDLEBROCK) and it seemed ok, even on normal hills. Lately, I encountered some steeper hills and the engine stalled out. The carb floats are all set to the correct tolerances. I suspect fuel flow problems. My engine is a 383. My fuel pressure is running about 8 psi and I know the carb wants 5-6. I am going to install a regulator with the hope that will solve the problem. I am also wondering if the fuel pump may not be producing enough flow. It's a standard pump so it's probably only flowing at 40 gph. Maybe a 110gph pump will help. Anybody have suggestions or solved similar problems?