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My chevy luv is flooding to much, I got a new carb for it but it still does it. I start it up and let it run, it runs good at first but starts to sputter and putt after that it wont start. Please help I need my work truck back.

i'd take out the needle and float and see if they need cleaned. it sounds like your float is sticking

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Flip your carb plate over. Wrong air to fuel mix.

I fixed it all it was was the float level, I adjusted it it works now. Thanks for your help

i had the same problem one time. good to hear you got her fixed

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

thanks for your help, when I had the old carb on there it would do the same thing and I adjusted the float but it still didnt work so I didnt think it was the float on the new carb but thats what it was. Thanks again man. Take care

from what i've heard the luvs are pretty bad for that. whenever you have a fuel problem always check the needle to see if it's cloged

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Glad to here ya got it figured out! I was wondering.....before i rebuilt the carb on my 80 luv project.....i would turn the ignition on and watch the carb blow out fuel...was that the float level or the jets??? When i took it apart there was alot of grunge! I cleaned it all with chemtool b-12.That stuff is good stuff! I also adjusted the float and shaved the jets a little. When i start my truck now it fires right up , and if i gas on it the secondary opens fast! It seems like a good thing. Its alot faster on aceleration than my street luv.Anybody know about running leaded fuel in a stock luv engine? I run raceing fuel in my dirt bikes ...but im sure thats quite different! As far as the carb plate or spacer , one side is beveled or fluted on the small side. I started mine both ways ...and it seemed to work better with the fluted side down...anybody really know what side goes up??