# Fast Idle issue and Oil Leak

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fast-idle-issue-and-oil-leak/69182>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet\
**Created:** [November 3, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fast-idle-issue-and-oil-leak/69182 "2011-11-03T13:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Hawk590](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/hawk590/32/1975_2.png) [@Hawk590](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hawk590)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fast-idle-issue-and-oil-leak/69182/1 "2011-11-03T13:38:05Z")

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I just had my carburetor replaced on a 1970 Nova V-8. When I was driving it last night I kept noticing that it wanted to go into fast idle mode. When I would tap the accelerator it would kick back down to normal- but once I started driving again and accelerating I could tell it was idling high again as would become obvious when I came to my next stop. Is there a screw that can be turned to adjust this? It’s a Holley Carburetor that was put on- the one that was on there before was a Rochester and that one was replaced because the car was having a lot of difficulty with cold starts. Also it just had an Oil Change and I have noticed twice some oil near one of the valve covers. My mechanic called me and said to turn down a screw on the passenger side and that the oil issue he looked at and thought it was resolved- I guess it isn’t yet. Have I bitten off more than I can chew? I have only owned the car about 6 weeks and have put close to 2 grand into repairs so far.