Cold Starting Question for a 1969 L-71 (427/435) question
05-26-2004, 08:21 AM
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Cold Starting Question for a 1969 L-71 (427/435) question
Buying a L-71 69 and the seller told me that the car can start for a cold start one turn, but before doing that you have to pump the gas pedal 25-30 times, it is a tripower and if it sits for weeks, he said that is what has to be done for the car
Is that normal?
I had a L-36(4 barrel) pumped 3 times turned the key after 3 or 4 seconds the car started
I thought 25 to 30 times was abit much, could should be wrong with the fuel pump
or is this normal?
Is that normal?
I had a L-36(4 barrel) pumped 3 times turned the key after 3 or 4 seconds the car started
I thought 25 to 30 times was abit much, could should be wrong with the fuel pump
or is this normal?
05-26-2004, 08:29 AM
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Re: Cold Starting Question for a 1969 L-71 (427/435) question (TFranchini)
25 to 30 pumps would drain the fuel bowls and flood the engine. A couple of pumps is all it should take. That does not sound right. Gm would not make a car tha tneeded this every time you had to start the car cold.
