hey guys was just wanting to know if anyone had had this problem and could lead me in the right direction to fix it.
so i bought my 81 cutlass (3.8l) the other day on the way home i stopped and put some gas in it becuase it was running out.. made it home no problems at aall rode and drove great. later that night i hoped in it to take it around the block. it started right up i let it sit and warm up for a minute then proceded down th road made it about a quarter of a mile and it started chugging like it was running out of gas.. got a little better for a few seconds then died. after sitting at the top of my street for about 5 minutes i got the car to start but only if i had it WOT. so thats where i am at now. i can go out and hold it to the floor and let it crank for a few seconds and it will start.. but it dosnt wanna idle very good.. could a simple tune up fix this ? or is it this carbureator ? i took the fuel filter out thinking it had maybe got some stuff from the gas tank sucked up in it but other than being a little darker brown it looked fairly decent. im not sure i dont have a whole lot of money at the moment to just throw parts on it.. thank you
so i bought my 81 cutlass (3.8l) the other day on the way home i stopped and put some gas in it becuase it was running out.. made it home no problems at aall rode and drove great. later that night i hoped in it to take it around the block. it started right up i let it sit and warm up for a minute then proceded down th road made it about a quarter of a mile and it started chugging like it was running out of gas.. got a little better for a few seconds then died. after sitting at the top of my street for about 5 minutes i got the car to start but only if i had it WOT. so thats where i am at now. i can go out and hold it to the floor and let it crank for a few seconds and it will start.. but it dosnt wanna idle very good.. could a simple tune up fix this ? or is it this carbureator ? i took the fuel filter out thinking it had maybe got some stuff from the gas tank sucked up in it but other than being a little darker brown it looked fairly decent. im not sure i dont have a whole lot of money at the moment to just throw parts on it.. thank you