Here is how I was taught to start a flooded engine from the pre fuel injection days. Stop trying and don't do anything for about 2 minutes. Then hold the accelerator peddle all the way down, don't pump it, and crank. When the engine catches let up quickly.
If the plugs have become fouled and it just won't start, open the hood and pull the boots back a ways off of the spark plugs so the electrical contact on the wire is a small distance from the contact on the end of the plug. I know that is counter intuitive but I know this works because I have done it. Do the gas peddle thing again and it should start but It will run very rough. Hold the RPMs up until the plugs get warmed up enough to clean themselves. It shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. Turn off the engine and push the spark plug wires back on. This time it should start just fine. The physics behind it. When the plugs are fowled the ignition system can't get up enough voltage to make a spark. With a gap between the contact on the wire and plug the spark jumps and shoots a heavy current through the fouled points. This eventually clears them and now you have two sparks in series. Although it takes a high voltage to start a spark after the air has been ionized the voltage drop is quite low. Arc welders work from a surprisingly low voltage. The gap allows the ignition system to build up enough voltage to shoot a lot of energy into the plug. Once the fowling has been burned away you can restore the connection and the engine will start. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind handy man" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Almost show time. > Almost that time once again. it really is hard too believe. on the handy > show this week. > Mr. Tom, reads, and we discuss, some list mail. We talk with a guy we > talked too a year ago, named Larry Martin, the guy that does the wood > working for the blind magazine. Larry kind of updates us on what's > happening with all that. wood working mag. > On the blind like me show this week Phil talks with a person some of you > will know from ACB radio named Chrissie Cochrane. She will tell us about > what is happening with ACB radio, They will Play some of Chrissies music. > And she will tell us about some things going on in her life. > Tune in and give both shows a listen. you can download from the following > links. > > BHM http://www.sendspace.com/file/l9frie > > > BLM http://www.sendspace.com/file/nfzqf5 > > > Or you ca > n listen on ACB radio or the reading radio services. > Regards > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1292 - Release Date: 2/21/2008 > 4:09 PM > >
