Hi Tom; What happens if you DON'T give it a shot to set the chokes? Now, BEFORE starting, take off the aircleaner and see if the butterflys are wet. You're looking to see if the carb is draining down and dripping gas down the throat into the manifold. That would make it rich in the base below the carb and/or the runners and/or pooled behind the valves to some extent. Then when you give it one shot to set the chokes, you've added more fuel and get a rich condition. This could be caused by a slightly high float level, though not high enough to make it run bad at idle (spill over). Since you say that it runs ok once it gets past the rich condition, the carbs are basicly OK. Let us know how it turns out, Ray -- Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas > From: trkosky@xxxx > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:18:40 EST > To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Chrysler300] Fuel & Carburation on the 59E > > Hi Everyone Out In Chrysler 300 Land! > > Slight problem or so I hope. When I pump the accelerator once to start the > engine, it kicks over, starts, and runs rough for a couple of minutes! There > is black soot exhaust on the floor of my garage. After a couple of minutes > she > just runs just fine. I live in Florida so it can't be due to "cold weather"! > The carbs were rebuilt some few months back so I don't think or hope that it > is not that. Any suggestions. > > Thanks and Happy Chryslering! > > Tom Kosky > Miami, Florida > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list server instructions, go to > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >