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Re: priming carburetor - better way?

by "Refinish King" <diagnosticman@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 31, 2008 at 03:47 AM

Get an inexpensive oil squirt gun:

Fill it with gasoline, then squirt about 4 ounces of gasoline in the 
carburetor's front vent tube.

After you're done doing that, move the throttle a few times with your
hand, 
while holding the choke open, see if the accelerator pump is squirting 
fuel.good luck, and don't gun the engine, for at least ten minutes of
idling 
it.

RK

I think you'll need a float if it has sat for several years.

G
"Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:MZ8oj.4803$J41.2046@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My 57 Chevy's been sitting a while and the carb needs priming before it 
> will start.  Is there a better way than pouring gasoline down its
throat? 
> It's been years since I've had to prime a carburetor and I suspect there

> may be a product or method that makes this safer and/or easier.
>
> Jim Beaver
 




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priming carburetor - better way?
"Jim Beaver" &l  2008-01-31 00:53:00 
Re: priming carburetor - better way?
"Refinish King"  2008-01-31 03:47:03 

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