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Old 04-13-2007, 11:40 AM
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Re: 1978 Nova acceleration problems

It sounds like the car has been sitting around, so I'd suggest that you check your rubber gas lines to see if one has collapsed, is cracked or very soft. Go from the fuel pump to the tank.

If you can get a new or rebuilt fuel pump easily enough, change it. You may not be getting enough fuel to the carb. If you want to do a fuel pump volume test first, which you should be able to find in a Chiltons manual. It involves removing the fuel line at the carb, run that into a jar and cranking it over (coil wire removed) and see how much gas flows for a certain time period.

Bob
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