Edelbrock 1406 Not Pulling Fuel into Carb

str12-340 said

some things to try:
after the engine has been running, shut it off and see if the accelerator pump squirts gas in the carb throat. I predict not, and that is why it has to be primed with gas.

Disconnect the line from the carb after the fuel pump and run a line to a gas can. Get somebody to crank the motor and see if the pump produces a strong consistent stream of gas (helps to use clear line to the gas can so you can see the fuel).

Are you using gas with ethanol without a treatment? If so the plugs in the carb can be deep inside passages in the carb...

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Thanks for the reply. Nothing squirts anywhere, there is no gas in the carb throat, totally dry even though I am kicking on the gas pedal the entire time. Only starts with a squirt of gas from a bottle, and will need the same thing five seconds, five minutes, or five hours after shutting it off. It is a motorhome so the motor is easy to reach with the dog house off, have taken off the fuel line from the carb and cranked it myself, shooting gas into a bottle. It starts and runs normally with the old Thermoquad carb on it now. Just something weird in the Edelbrock that is producing 0 vaporized gas or even any drips at all, but runs fine with a prime to get it going... Going to see if my repair people and get ahold of someone at Edelbrock and pick their brain. It has to be something simple, right? At this point, I don't even care if I ever put the 1411 back on the motor, but then I would have spent $425 on a rebuild for nothing.