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65-72 chevytoys · 09-08-2008, 08:46 AM

I finally got some time to work on the blazer. It fired for the first time since memorial day weekend. I have been troubleshooting an electrical problem. I have replaced the fuse link at the battery with much help from you guys. I got it to crank but no fire. I started tracing wires all over the place. I found the gas guage wire was disconnected. I got that fixed and now that my gas guage works, the tank was empty. Put some gas in this weekend and started cranking forgetting that I disconnected the fuel line at the carb to see if any fuel came out, well it did this time. All over the engine. After reconnecting the fuel line, cleaning the engine, mostly the intake, and letting it cool...

...I fired the engine.

Next weekend. See if it stays started without burning through anymore wires.

**Yukon Jack** · 09-08-2008, 12:02 PM

Whoops! Sounds like something I would do.

DANTES JIMMY · 09-09-2008, 05:29 PM

He he well now its clean there

65-72 chevytoys · 09-10-2008, 07:55 AM

Yes now the top of the engine is really clean and orange. Now I need to get it out and clean the rest.

09-08-2008, 08:46 AM	#1
65-72 chevytoys Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida Posts: 1,113	How not to detail an engine I finally got some time to work on the blazer. It fired for the first time since memorial day weekend. I have been troubleshooting an electrical problem. I have replaced the fuse link at the battery with much help from you guys. I got it to crank but no fire. I started tracing wires all over the place. I found the gas guage wire was disconnected. I got that fixed and now that my gas guage works, the tank was empty. Put some gas in this weekend and started cranking forgetting that I disconnected the fuel line at the carb to see if any fuel came out, well it did this time. All over the engine. After reconnecting the fuel line, cleaning the engine, mostly the intake, and letting it cool... ...I fired the engine. Next weekend. See if it stays started without burning through anymore wires. __________________ 2004 Chevy Silverado 1500LS SWB 5.3L 2004 Corvette Z16 #770 Wish I had not sold 72 blazer

09-08-2008, 12:02 PM	#2
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: How not to detail an engine Whoops! Sounds like something I would do. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

09-09-2008, 05:29 PM	#3
DANTES JIMMY Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: PENDLETON,INDIANA Posts: 271	Re: How not to detail an engine He he well now its clean there

09-10-2008, 07:55 AM	#4
65-72 chevytoys Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida Posts: 1,113	Re: How not to detail an engine Yes now the top of the engine is really clean and orange. Now I need to get it out and clean the rest. __________________ 2004 Chevy Silverado 1500LS SWB 5.3L 2004 Corvette Z16 #770 Wish I had not sold 72 blazer



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