Either that or some ether, carefully dispensed. -D
> On Apr 30, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I've got a little squirt bottle of gas I use for priming small engines. Shoot > a little in the intake and fire it off. Tells you if spark and air are good. > With small engines a running engine pulls fuel better than a cranking one. > With an electric fuel pump that shouldn't be an issue... > -Curt > > > From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > We used to squirt gas in the air intake, using some kind of spray bottle. to > see if fuel was the problem. If it fired we checked out the fuel system. If > it didn't fire we checked out the ignition system and squirted it again. > If you do that, be sure and have the squirt bottle away from the air intake > because of possible backfire. > Gerry > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
