Mine will not pull the fuel enough to start once it sits for a week or so unless I get it running with starter fluid. I'll try to get a video of it but not sure how to upload it because of the size.
My response to LarrBeard isn't showing up either. Am I on probation and being censored or something? Ha
Naw, you're not on probation - if you were we'd have been there long ago. Sometimes computers can be as cranky as old Jeeps.Originally Posted by CMT-1109
And you've done nothing to be censored ...
My question - would an in-line check valve hold fuel at the pump? I have that "issue" as well.
An inline check valve is a good idea but shouldn't the filter be doing that job as well? Sorry, I guess I should've mentioned mine does have a fuel filter. What do you end up doing LarrBeard to get yours started after sitting awhile?
In cold weather when I don't want to crank it a long time, I give it a shot of go-juice, crank it through at least four cylinders, then turn on the ignition. It will usually hit on the next cylinder or two.
Now that it's warmer, I just crank it and jiggle the choke - it goes.
I don't like starting fluid in any large quantities - just a personal thing.
I don't think fuel filters do very well as check valves, but I've not thought it through. My mower is the world's worst because the filter is in-line and vertical. From our discussions here the last couple of weeks, we have wondered just how efficient fuel pumps are at the suction side. A check valve might be too big a restriction ...
We need a guinea pig to try it out for us!
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