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Re: [GMCnet] starting the engine [message #321735 is a reply to message #321733]

Sun, 06 August 2017 22:57

Richard Denney

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The cold start procedure is always the same: turn key to Run, press the
pedal once to set the automatic choke, then turn key to Start with foot off
the pedal.

If the carb is dry (from boiling out after the last shutdown, as D.C.
describes), and the engine uses a mechanical pump, one must crank the
engine long enough to pump fuel into the carburetor.

If the carb is dry and the engine uses an electric pump, the carb bowl will
start to fill when the key was first moved to Run.

If the carb has fuel, the engine will start, no matter what kind of pump it
uses, assuming the choke works and is set properly.

That can be tested. With the engine cold and the air filter housing
removed, press the gas pedal once. The choke plates should close and stay
closed, and the high-idle cam (between the choke stove and the carb body,
on the starboard side of the carb) should position itself to the high lobe.
If it doesn't, loosen the screws on the coke stove (which hold in the
Bakelite part) and rotate it until it just sets the high idle during that
one press. (You can reset the automatic choke to test it again by pushing
the high-idle cam to the low lobe while the gas pedal is slightly
depressed, using a small screwdriver.)

If the engine is hot enough that it won't engage the choke, start by
holding the gas pedal halfway down and turning the key to Start.

Rick "easier to adjust than it sounds" Denney

On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 11:25 PM D C _Mac_ Macdonald
wrote:

> The procedure I suggested is for COLD start. However, heat from the
> running or warm engine MAY cause fuel to evaporate from carb AFTER engine
> is shut down which COULD cause your later hard start from cold.
>
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Rick Denney
73 x-Glacier 230 "Jaws"
Off-list email to rick at rickdenney dot com
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