No, but it is symptomatic of running the float bowls dry due to extended high
fuel flow, which would be possible if the pump can't draw enough fuel through a
partially blocked pickup line.
One thing you could try is to shut the ignition down the next time this happens,
then coast over to the side of the road, and pull the fuel line from the carb.
If there's nothing coming out (i.e. no drips or anything) then there's
definitely a fuel starvation problem. If your carb has a sight glass for the
float bowl you could check it - actually, since you have an Edelbrock, you can
pull the whole top of the carb off without spilling any fuel that might be in
the bowls, and check the float bowl condition that way. I'd guess that they're
going to be dry or nearly so. I guess that would not isolate the problem between
the pump and the line, but you'd know it wasn't something else like the ignition
packing it in.
Good luck,
Theo
Kathy and Erich Coiner wrote:
> This is a possiblility. I have not pulled the tanks and cleaned them out.
> That said, my problem only occurs on steep inclines at high speed, and after
> several minutes of steady state climbing. It is not a random problem so
> far.
>
> Erich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MWood24020@aol.com>
> To: <t.mcnulty@ieee.org>; <kathy.coiner@gte.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Not enough go juice for my motor!
>
> > Last time I had that type of problem, it ended up being accumulated
> "stuff"
> > in the original fuel tanks which was causing an intermittent blockage of
> the
> > fuel line, before the pump.
> > Mike
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