I could use your guys quick help again.

So far the trans tip I got are working.
Was able to drive all over town today with no shifting problems.


But something bad happened to my qjet carb.
I did notice before that if I turned sharp it would bog for a sec sometimes.
But today on final leg home for over hr trip, I took two sharp turns to avoid traffic and it went all to hell on me and died,

Popped hood and intake was flooded with gas. Just a massive pool of gas on it, glad it didn’t burn up.

Towed it home and squirted the gas off with a hose then cranked it some more and a sec later gas just start spewing out of the top of the carb.

Sound like a simple rebuild time or worse?

hahah funny stuff thats exactly what my qjet was doing when I bought my car from the junkyard. I just took off a bunch of crap going to the carb and put it back on and it stopped, then bought a holley after I realized the carb way warped (you might want to check yours for that). Thats all the help I can offer. If it's leaking out of where the top section bolts to the middle section than it's probably warped.

Sounds like the float is stuck is all. A rebuild is probably the best route,,, but I promise you a many of Q-jets have been convinced to not flood with some gentle coaxing of a tire iron.


and no I'm not kidding.

Marvs right just give the bowl a couple of taps and the float should drop back down.

I have never used a tire iron but the handle of a hammer or tapping the carb with the butt of a screwdriver will generaly seat the float and stop the spewing of gas.

carb was rebuilt around 70,000 miles, had 67,000 when I got it.
Just broke 80,000 this year, up to like 81 now......

I also have that fancy book by Dough Roe about qjets n stuff but I don't get far n feel lost hehehehehe

Float is stuck down. Most of the time they get ruined by dry gas eating them just enough to make them sink like a rock. The real fix is to get a new float and replace the needle & seat assembly (which means a rebuild kit).

Ahh even better tip, I have run some dry gas as it was free. DOH

Still waiting to find out part # but one feller suggest going to the brass floats only found at NAPA cause neprume or how ever ya spel it ones suck like scooty puff jr.