Wont start

Asked by Guru1J178 Oct 03, 2019 at 01:10 PM about the 1985 Chevrolet El Camino RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Ran out of gas refueled it replaced carb and spark
plugs ran for like 20 min and cut off again. I
replaced the fuel reg. And it still wont start

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lrodri911 answered 4 years ago

Spray some quick start in the carburator and see is it will run for a bit. If it does, you still have a fuel issue. If it doesn't, check for sparkbat the spark plugs.

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