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Hi there, I recently bought a 1989 Itasca Sunflyer which was built on a Chevy P30 chassis, it has 60,000 miles. It has a Chevy 454 big block which started to 'diesel' whenever I shut it off, this would happen for about 15 or 20 seconds. I brought it to a mechanic who replaced spark plugs, wires, fuel filter, and cleaned out the carb. I drove it once since then and it was fine but then I had it idling in my driveway for a few minutes yesterday and after shutting it off it dieseled for about 2 seconds, I'm worried the problem will come back. Is this something I should be worried about? How can I fix this problem; I was thinking about running some 'seafoam' through the gas tank to clean out the fuel system, is this a good idea?

 

Thanks very much,

 

Mitch 


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A lot of later carbureted vehicles have an anti-dieseling solenoid to prevent that from happening. It fully closes the throttle when ignition is turned off. Might be something to check. (Could be non-functional or even missing.)

http://www.misterfixit.com/diesling.htm


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