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Old 02-25-2014, 05:09 PM   #9
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Default Re: Flathead hard start when hot

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Originally Posted by ford38v8 View Post
heat soak boils your fuel from your fuel pump and your float bowl. You smell gas, so you naturally hold the foot feed to the floor thinking it's flooded, so, no vaccuum to help prime the hot pump. Meanwhile, your old coil also experiences the heat soak in addition its own built up heat, and fails to produce adequate spark.
The fuel bowl is vented, so you wouldn't have vacuum there no matter what.
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