Engine died at a stop light

[Paul G]

The Charger has been running real good lately. So it figures, time for problems. As I came up to a stop light the engine died. Tried to restart it, but it just cranked and I could smell fuel. I turned off the key worried about it starting on fire and looked under the car, no leaks. Ran to the front and opened the hood, no leaks. I put the flashers on (and watched the lady behind me get pissed) and turned the key back on to check fuel pressure, I had about 6 psi at the carb (electric pump). Removed the air cleaner and I could see the fuel mist in the carb and the smell was strong. Its a Holley 750 dual feed carb. So I think it flooded out, I held the pedal to the floor and cranked it again. It finally started and ran strong, it idled for a minute then died out again. It restarted and as a long as I kept revving it, it ran. On the way home the problems stopped. It idled fine and ran great the rest of the way home. What happened? Its a Holley 750 with a Holley red pump running at 6 PSI.

[dodge freak]

Don't know what happen I wasn't there but  you might want to get new needle and seats for it. You can buy a pair of .110 -thats stock- for it, I change front and back, might just be the front but why not change both and get a new fuel filter too. You do have a filter on it right ? If not it just might need that and not the needle and seat change.

[General_01]

You may have just had the float stick open. My car did that. When I took the bowl off I found a peice of gunk stuck on the needle and it wouldn't let the float close to stop the fuel. I wiped it off, put it back together and it has been fine ever since.

[Plumcrazy]

You had a piece of something stuck between the needle and seat.
An old carb trick to fix that is to clamp off the fuel line and run the carb out of fuel.  That will allow the float to drop and usually whatever was trapped between the needle and seat will pass thru it.

[Paul G]

You do have a filter on it right ?

I have a brand new filter between the tank and pump. It is a chromed swap meet filter. Maybe not the best, I dont know??

I checked the fuel level in the float bowls. In the front bowl I removed the plug on the side, you could see the fuel level just below the plug. On the rear bowl when I took out the plug the fuel was dribbling out a little. I adjusted that float so the fuel level was just below the plug and not coming out of the hole. Is that the correct level for the fuel?

[dodge freak]

That should be fine, thats where I keep mine set at. Some guys like it slightly higher but I have found if you brake hard while turning the motor may idle rough for 10-15 seconds.

Those guys are right , it just might have been a one time deal and you do not have to change the needle and seat deal, but if happens again you may want to. I also run a filter between the pump and carb, but have none in between the pump and tank. In fact I used to run no filter for years but then the same thing happen to me , so now I have one.

Good Luck, it should be fine .