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Fatnjoe12
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Jun 06, 2016

Running rough fleetwood cornado

I'm new here so if this post is in the wrong spot im sorry

Just got a 92 motor home that has a 454 in it. Hasn't been run or started in 2 years. I've put seafoam and 15 gallons of gas in it. It will start east and run but you have to feather the throttle to keep it running. If you let off it will die. However if you spray starter fluid in directly it will stay running. Any ideas what to check. I asked on Chevy page and some said the idle control valve. I had a guy look at it today and he said it's not that. Motor has 37k on it. When it was running and I was outside by the exhaust it sounded like it was skipping a little.

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  • RVs are notorious for dried up gas clogging everything. Especially if yours is a carburetor or throttle body engine...fuel injectors are also subject to gumming up. I suspect a thorough cleaning of the entire fuel system will be required. There are getting to be so few mechanics capable of carburetor rebuilding, replacement's usually in order. If you've ever taken anything apart that has dried gas in it, it becomes obvious that no chemical will completely dissolve those deposits. Mechanical cleaning (or boiling in a hot tank) is necessary. Seafoam helps keep deposits at bay but something really gummed up won't benefit from it.