How to Start a Flooded Engine?

[Rusti Evo]

So whats the secret? I am very loath to try the old "full throttle and crank until it starts" job, cos I didn't want the dreaded accelerator pumps to puke yet more fuel into the motor. Plugs are as wet as a wet thing ....... (MSD checks out OK)

Disconnect ignition and crank it with plugs out?

Goodwood tomorrow and a silent car

And yes, I know the solution is to chuck the carb in the skip and fit EFI

[Rusti Evo]

Oh, and forgot to mention the Ultima dished me up a motoring first today! A whiskered plug!

Heard about them, had lots of rubbish British two stroke bikes, but never seen one. But there it was, about .010 to .020" of black grot whisker shorting between the electrodes. So that cylinder was a dead man. Wonder about the others .....

So it's off to the spark plug shop first thing!

Stuart

[Rusti Evo]

Thanks for the advice. Have just fitted new Holley 4150 with manual choke. (hoping to avoid flooding due to accelerator pump)

Any hot tips for manual choke starting?

[Rusti Evo]

kylemrushall said:

Bin the carb

Yep. One last try to start the fooking thing tomorrow and the injection's going to have to go on...

[Rusti Evo]

I've got it! I will ring that very nice man from the AA who will help me out with a Home Start! No problem for an expert .......

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Crazy of Cookham said:

The AA are very good they came out a couple of months ago to start my Monaro 500bhp. He asked two telling questions. 1) What is a supercharger and 2) Is it front wheel drive!!!. Good luck

Hmmm, I wonder what he will make of his initiation into the horrors of the Hideous Holley

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gtr-gaz said:

Stuart, how about an update?

did you get it started?

Yup, the Yellow Peril is now bellowing like a good un!!! The reasons I couldn't start the car are I guess are just daily stuff to you chaps but to a novice like me were a learning experience. However just for interest:-

1. With the old carb the butterflies were always damp with fuel overnight so any inexperienced starting technique from me tipped it into a total flood. One pump was almost more than it could suffer.

2. With the new carb it didn't start because it didn't have enough fuel. 5 medium pumps now from cold and wham it goes in an instant!

3. The oven baked plugs didn't work - still dead - new plugs, went like magic!

Putting some time in with carb tuning techniques now - YUK!!! Happy days ..........