All Small Six Low throttle fuel flow

This relates to all small sixes

adobejoe

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My 200six is on the road but I have an issue with maintaining idle/fuel under rapid deceleration. It will idle okay but when I quickly release the pedal it very often stall. Could it be low idle jet/passage loosing fuel? Maybe a vacuum loss/drop? Or this dashpot?

Older autolite1100. No spark control valve! I am using electronic ignition. Runs well at speed and high rpm.
Andy
 

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There was an adjustment procedure for that anti-stall dashpot in the shop manual for my old car. It's basically a little gasoline filled shock absorber for cars with automatic transmission to slow down the the last little bit of travel as the throttle closes, hopefully to prevent stalling. But your carb is an oddball 1100, with a manual choke and no SCV. I suppose it's similar though.
 
Thanks trick six. Adjusted and improvement for a bit. Then lost low idle again. Could be I just need additional filter on metal line to carb. Maybe old varnish or dirt in line blocking ports….not sure. Runs well at higher rpm
 
Usually sudden snapping the throttle shut is a rich condition, not lean. Just FYI
 
Needs a dashpot!
Temporary fix up the idle speed.
thus leaning the mix with sufficient air. . One of my dislikes of EFI era cars- they have no decel. Quick closing of the throttle makes emissions, even with MPFI. . The IAV sees that that never happens. (n)
 
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