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Fla-Mt
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Jan 13, 2007, 1:09 AM
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I recently bought my wife a used car. A Dodge 600 seem to be a nice car, except on cold days. It doesn't like to come off high idle when it is very cold and the heater inside the passenger area is barely warm, even after a twenty mile drive. We have paid one of the local mechanics over $1400, to rebuild the carbuerator, twice. Nothing seems to help, I even paid to have the radiator flushed. I seem to remember back in the sixties, people removing the thermostat or something like that to cure over heating problems...just guessing at a possible solution. Do you have any suggestions?
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 13, 2007, 5:38 AM
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What year is this car and does it even have a carb??
If it never warms up a thermostat would be indicated. If the car always thinks it's cold it will stay on fast idle.
For $1400!!!!!!!!!! what the heck did they fix that didn't work?
You don't rebuild a carb twice if the first try didn't work and you shouldn't pay for it twice! T
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steve01832
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Jan 13, 2007, 5:47 AM
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I agree with Tom on this. If the thermostat is stuck open the engine temp. will stay cold resulting in high idle and lack of heat. Drive the car for a few miles then get under the hood. Grab the upper and lower hoses (very cautiously). If one hose is super hot and the other is cold, start by replacing the thermostat. Another indicator is if you have a temp guage on the dash and it stays in the cold range all the time throw a thermostat in it. Start there and let us know how you make out.
Steve
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Fla-Mt
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Jan 13, 2007, 3:17 PM
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Thanks for the concern. I have tried as you suggested and both hose get pretty hot. But the heater and defroster in the passenger cabin, doesn't generate much heat and it took about fifteen minutes of warming up before I could kick it off high idle. The carb is niot like I remember them, but the diagram from the manufactorer, calls it a carb.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 13, 2007, 10:48 PM
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WHAT YEAR IS THIS CAR? T
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Fla-Mt
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Jan 14, 2007, 12:13 PM
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1983 Dodge 600
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 14, 2007, 1:02 PM
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1983 was a tough year for cars in general. Regualtions were changing and car companies were struggling to keep up and carbs became history over it.
It's tough to get some of them to work well but it can be done. They can be expensive too.
Let's see what we can do with this, T
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