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Originally Posted by blykins
You'll be fine. I'm still concerned about your fouled plug issue...it doesn't jive with me that a faulty fuel pump could cause that.
Does the engine run ok, otherwise?
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I pulled all the plugs and only one had any hint of excess fuel..the rest were nice and tan. The popping was more so an intermittent delivery of fuel as a result of loss in pressure. It just sounded like I was running on 5-6 cylinders when the car appeared to be loading up coming off the freeway. I was able to keep it at a fast idle at the following light and then pulled over about another 1/2 mile when I realized I wasn't going to make it the last 4 miles home. After that the car was very hard starting and then coughed and sputtered and I knew something was not right. So out came the AAA card and the flat bed tow home.
After changing the plugs, pulling both fuel bowls on the carb (to make sure everything was squeeky clean), filling the fuel bowls up and then pulling the timing back a couple degrees to ease in the cranking, she fired right up and so long as I was tickling the accelerator pump she would run fine. That's when I noticed the fuel pressure gauge on my intake line not moving and then shut it down. So she probably ran lean (at around idle) for all of 10-15 seconds on a cold motor.
-Dean