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Old 14-05-2005, 08:55 PM   #1
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ive just come back from racing at barrow and had a real hard time getting my engine to start,if it doesn't start first turn you've got to wait 5 minutes and try again else it just turns over and does'nt try to fire, anyone got any ideas has to cause ?
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Old 14-05-2005, 10:30 PM   #2
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ask clive (cj marine) vicky crump had the same problem and i cant remember how he fixed it.
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Old 15-05-2005, 06:56 PM   #3
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You most likely flooded it. You need a fuel pump on/off switch, that way if it happens again you can just cut the power to the fuel pump crank it for a bit till its dried out switch the pump back on and then try again.

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Old 15-05-2005, 07:47 PM   #4
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not that, ive got both fuel pumps on switches,wont start with switches on or off.
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Certainly sounds like flooding though, maybe the switches are faulty?
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To clear the flooding, you'd want to crank it for quite a while (10-15 secs) with the fuel pumps off, and the throttle wide open, to try and dry it out.
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Old 16-05-2005, 06:17 PM   #7
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Yep, you could also pull the kill cord to ensure it doesn't momentarily fire whilst the throttle is wide open.
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Old 24-05-2005, 04:26 PM   #8
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the fault turned out to be a broken reed,the reeds gone through the engine and broke the rings on number 3 piston,luckily ive got plastic reeds so block will clean up nicely,its also marked the head but im having high compression heads fitted anyway.
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