Cordovakid
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2012
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- 30
Hey - so I've tried just about everything with this motor over the years. Starts great warm, but it a bear to start cold. Pump bulb hard, turn idle up and engage the enrichener (no choke on this model). My starting procedure is to leave the enrichener engaged while pull starting. Takes anywhere from 15-25 pulls typically. Then, she will start all day long on one pull until overnight, then it's another 20 pulls to start in the morning.
Questions: 1. I notice the bulb will not be hard if I leave it for a couple of hours, after priming hard. Would the fuel possibly be leaking into the fuel pump past the diaphragm causing a flooding situation?
2. How does that enrichener actually work - it's not a choke, so I am wondering when the little plunger depresses into a small chamber at the side of the carb, does it shoot fuel into the throat, or does it block off an air intake, "enrichening" the mixture?
I have good hot blue spark, I know fuel is getting to the carb. One other thing, my plugs foul black after only a couple of runs on the lake. I presume this indicates a rich / flooding condition, but not sure why? Any help would be appreciated guys.
Questions: 1. I notice the bulb will not be hard if I leave it for a couple of hours, after priming hard. Would the fuel possibly be leaking into the fuel pump past the diaphragm causing a flooding situation?
2. How does that enrichener actually work - it's not a choke, so I am wondering when the little plunger depresses into a small chamber at the side of the carb, does it shoot fuel into the throat, or does it block off an air intake, "enrichening" the mixture?
I have good hot blue spark, I know fuel is getting to the carb. One other thing, my plugs foul black after only a couple of runs on the lake. I presume this indicates a rich / flooding condition, but not sure why? Any help would be appreciated guys.