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Rarely a cylinder will fill with fuel from a seriously flooding engine, making it impossible for the engine to crank. Does the engine TRY to crank? Is the starter engaging? If it's truly filling the cylinder with fuel you should be able to pull the sparkplugs and crank the engine. When that happens fuel should come out of the sparkplug holes. Make sure that you have a couple helpers and some fire extinguishers with you just in case since you don't want that much fuel igniting under your hood.
Admittedly, it's an off-the-wall idea, but it actually can happen. If that isn't your problem, go after the individual problems. Replace the "needle and seat" in the carburetor to solve the flooding problem. If the cylinder isn't filling, track down the starter problems.
The fuel can wash away the oil on the cylinder walls and rings. Best to remove the plugs and shoot a little oil into each cylinder, unit you can easily crank over.
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What is the correct technique for starting older cars to avoid flooding the engine and burning out the starter?
In a carburetor car when the engine is cold, slowly pump the gas pedal once or twice. Then turn the key and crank the engine for a few seconds. The engine should start up. If not wait a few seconds and recrank the engine. DO NOT repump the gas pedal before each "recrank". If by the second or third crank the vehicle has not "caught" or started, push the gas down slightly and it should start. If the car should flood, hold the gas pedal to the floor and crank the starter. DO NOT take your foot off the gas pedal after the crank. This will flood the carburetor even worse. And DO NOT crank more that 10 seconds.
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Adjustment might not help. Sounds like the needle valve has to be changed. Might not be seating properly and therefor flooding the engine.
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Its the cold start fuel sensor giving you troubles. Its flooding the engine with fuel.
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