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Rscottdds

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I sometimes have a hard time with cold starts on this engine. After it starts for the day I am usually good for the rest of the day. From a cold start I usually advance the throttle fully twice then go to about 1/4 and start to crank. Someone said I should turn the ignition WHILE advancing the throttle. If I understood correctly he meant to slowly advance while cranking. Any help?
-Robert
 
start by adjusting the choke with a cold engine.
If I understood correctly he meant to slowly advance while cranking.
To rapidly move the throttle position to have the accel pump squirt gas into the carb "tickling it"
 
Hah! You're probably one o what I call the "Fuel Injection Generation" who never ran a carb vehicle before.

I once wrote an article on this for the 'Nor'estern' boating magazine (though it wasn't printed).

Jeff
 
A Carburetor, i.e., a BEFI engine ( Bernoulli Effect Fuel Induction)... everything has to have an acronym these days :) Don't want those of us with non MPI, non TBI engines to feel left out of the discourse.
 
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