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Engine Dieseling, Fast Idle when hot!

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I have a 1967 mustang, with a 302 and holley 600 carb. When the engine warms up, or it has been sitting in line at the bank :mad: , It starts idling very high, and on shutoff will sometimes diesel. From what I know, a few things can cause this. It does not have any special solenoid, and has manual choke. I don't have a temp gauge hooked up right now :eek: , but I have the thought it may be running hot. I am running quite a bit of timing on it, because it ran fine before I put the new carb on it. I'm running 89 octane, with 18* initial timing, 30* on the advance. Never had a problem before, but should I tone down the timing? Or maybe use 93? Could it be a cooling issue? Could it be that the throttle stop isn't adjusted properly? Could it be too lean? ANY help is very appreciated here, I just want to know the best place to start fixing this annoying problem!! Thanks!
 
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Since you changed carbs the first thing I'd look at is a vacuum leak and then at jetting and idle mixture. Is that 30* total timing or 30* of advance in the distributor making for a total of 48* - if it's 48* then pull it down - go for about 34-36* total timing. Do you have a vacuum advance? If so set the base at about 10*, the vacuum advance at about +10* at idle vacuum (20 deg tot) and then dial in the mechanical advance for 24-25 degrees.

Put a temp guage on it if you "think" it's running warm!