1986 Dodge Truck Engine dies

It won't start untill I prime the carberator a feww times. Sometimes I have to prime 3 times and other times I might have to prime it 10 times. Sounds like fuel problem-Do a fuel pressure check before and after the fuel filter-to rule out both the filter and pump-if okay

[quote:3c25b384f2="texasgrower"]Engine Performance problem
1986 Dodge Truck V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 100000 miles

My truck will be running fine and then while it is idling it will die. It won't start untill I prime the carberator a few times. Sometimes I have to prime 3 times and other times I might have to prime it 10 times. It has a new rebuilt carburator on it and the motor has about 10000 miles on it.[/quote:3c25b384f2]I have a mechanical fuel pump and I have replaced it and the fuel filter. The truck will run perfect for days and then out of the blue this problem rears its ugly head. I worked on it today and had it idling for about 15 minutes. I killed the engine for a ew minutes and then restated it and drove down the road a block and when I was coming to a stop it died and I had to prime it again to get it started. Now it's doing fine again.

If its not vapor lock could be the EFE -check the heat riser