Re: Manual fuel primer pump

Posted by Sloride75 On 2014/8/18 21:28:00

I read this thread when it was first posted and thought, "that's a GREAT idea!"

The "problem" I wanted to overcome is the extended cranking as the fuel filter and carb bowl fill up with fuel after the car has been sitting for a week or more.

This solution works GREAT for this "problem". I can now give a few squeezes of the pump, hop in the car, and (usually) within one engine revolution, she's purring at high-idle. Let her warm up, kick the idle down, and off I go.

HOWEVER...I have noticed another problem pop up since I've been using this pump, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced the same. The problem may be coincidental or related to the use of the pump.

The weather has been hot here, in the 80's the past few times I've taken it out. If I shut the car off and start it back up within a couple of minutes, no problem. If I shut it off and let it cool all the way down, no problem. But if I shut the car off and let it sit for 20 minutes - and hour or so, it is flooded. Very hard to start, and when it does, it smells like strait gasoline.

My theory is that the little bulb allows the fuel inside to expand, pressurizing the fuel in the line between the pump and the carb, and flooding the carb.

Does this sound feasible??? Anyone else experience this???