Hey all im having trouble with my distributer or i think thats what it is. if i get on it at about 2000 rpm my engine sputters and dies. the reason i think its the distributor is because the other day we have the coil off (HEI) and it was full of water. Possibly there is still water but im not sure. If any one has ne ideas please help. thanks

I've never had water in my elky distributer, but my blazer has seen its fair share:) I would spray some WD-40 in it (pretty liberally) and wipe it clean. I usually pull mine and turn it upside down, it should help dry out any water out. I would also check your EGR valve. My elky had a similar symptom, but it turned out to be a problem with the EGR control solenoid not too long ago. It never died, but it sure sounded like it should!!

Hey thanks, ill definatly try the WD-40. I dont have and EGR valve so im pretty sure its not that. thanks again

Sounds more like the old quadrajet running out of fuel to me----If you let up does it start running again and does it happen after the engine is warm?..............Dan

Step by step.

I'd address the water issue first.

Simply put, did you get the engine wet?

Water has to get in there one way or another.

John 8)

yes the engine has been wet, but i think the idea of the quadrajet runnin out of fuel sounds more like the problem because if you let off its fine but if u stay on it, it will die. how would i make sure im getting enough fuel or get more. currently we have an electric fuel pump on it, not really sure why we put it on, somethink my dad did.

Ooops forgot to mention i tryied the wd-40 solution and did not seem to help.

Hmm, well it shouldn't be a water problem if the WD-40 didn't work. Does sound more like a fuel issue. This may sound elementary, but you did check the fuel filters? Also, make sure there are no kinks in your fuel lines.

If someone put an electric fuel pump on it, I am guessing there is probably rubber hose attached to the new pump, make sure it is "fuel line" and not "vacume line". I bought a camaro a handfull of years ago that had (what appeared to be) vacume line spliced onto the fuel line and the inside of it basically melted/flaked away and clogged the fuel pump/filters, but externally it looked normal. I would check the easy stuff long before you tear into your carb!!

this is exactly the problem i am having ( Sounds more like the old quadrajet running out of fuel to me----If you let up does it start running again and does it happen after the engine is warm?..............Dan) HELP!!!!!!!! pulling my frigging hair out!!!!

this is exactly the problem i am having ( Sounds more like the old quadrajet running out of fuel to me----If you let up does it start running again and does it happen after the engine is warm?..............Dan) HELP!!!!!!!! pulling my frigging hair out!!!!

I see you have an '83, is it stock? (with EGR and control solenoid?) If so, try unplugging the vacume line going to the EGR, plug it with something and take it for a spin. If it cures/helps the problem, your control solenoid and/or EGR is bad. My EGR control solenoid went out on my '83 and I was convinced it was the carb runnin out of gas. I don't have a strand of hair on my head after trying to find out what the deal was!!! As far as I know, the '83 is one of the only years with the control solenoid and was my first experience with it. Let me know if it helps.

i changed my fuel filter today and that seemed to do the trick, although i think the problem was worse when the engine was warm. i havnt had it warmed up since the new filter so we will see.

Ike73, my 86 has an EGR control solenoid.

my 83 is stock with 229 v6 i've rebuilt the carb. It ran great for three days then went back to running as bad as it did before . checked trouble codes it gave me codes 13,21,35 . checked my haynes manuel. all thew codes pointed me to the tps. replaced the tps no change. codes all say tps or defective ecm. I would love to say to heck with the v6 and drop in a 350 but the funds aren't there. :( Replaced all worn or dried out vac. lines one by one so i wouldn't get any crossed. replaced fuel filter,air filter pcv valve checked egr valve. guess my next step would be to replace ECM! don't know!!!!

Ric, well it sure sounds like it is a problem with the carb to me. I don't know what your skill level is with the electronic carbs, but from what I understand they are nothing most people want to mess with at all!!! I would highly doubt that the computer is bad, but it is tough to say. If it were the comp., I would think that you whould be having alot more trouble codes than the ones that point right to the carb, ya know? Do you have a spare non-elec. carb and distributer to throw on? If so, I would try that. Otherwise, I think I would shop around for a good carb rebuilding shop and take yours in to have it properly adjusted. You might also look in your area and see if there is a good junk yard and try finding another '83 with the same setup and buy the carb off it.

One more thought, do you still have a cat. convertor on your car? If so, are you sure it is not clogged? When I bought my elky, the cat was clogged pretty bad and it wouldn't drive worth a darn over about 35mph and only for about 5-10 minutes. Once it warmed up totally, it would just die. I would have to wait for 10-15 min, then it would start right up and I would repeat the process again. (VERY long drive home!!!) Mine was so clogged that if I put my hand over the tail pipe while it was idleing there was hardly any pressure on my hand. Just a thought...