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[Anonymous]

i have a big problem, when i drive my car it feels like it is sucking or flooding the engine, ive tried changing the air/fuel ratio on it and i still cant get it right, there is a sucking noise when i rev it with the air cleaner off, but i cant figure out whether to give it more gas or more air, i have a 200 with a Motocraft 1-bbl, please help, i need to fix it tonight

 

[Anonymous]

Red;
I think you're gonna have to give us a little better description - your symptoms are too vague for me.

The 'sucking' sound when you have the air cleaner open is normal - that's what a carb does - sucks air in and mixes it with gas.

 

[gtm1086]

Need more input.

Sucking sound. Big time air leak. Do you have a vacuum line that has come off?

Flooding. Can you see gas? Maybe time for a carb. rebuild

 

[CobraSix]

You should hear a little bit of a sucking sound with the air cleaner off. Just normal carb sound. If you are worried about a vacuum leak, get some carb cleaner and spray all around the carb base and gaskets. if the RPMs go up around a particular area when you spray it, there is your vacuum leak.

Slade

 

[Anonymous]

ok, the sucking sound is louder than it should be than with the air cleaner off normally, but there is definitely a great decrease in any top end power. it seems that i have none at all when i drive it.

 

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you have a split hose somewhere..