I just wanted to share an unusual (at least to me) non-start experience, in case anyone else finds themselves in a similar situation.
Yesterday morning, my spit wouldnt start. It cranked fine, but wouldnt fire. When I sprayed some starting fluid in, it would easily start, run for a few seconds and then die. Further investigation showed that gas was getting to the carb and when I removed the air cleaner assembly, I noticed that there was a small puddle of oil in the carb throat. I had just topped up the damper oil the night before and apparently the o-ring sealing it is now completely shot. (Ill have to replace it.) The surprising thing was that when I wiped the oil up, the engine immediately fired and ran fine. My guess is that the oil had coated the carb needle, sealing the opening and preventing the fuel from entering the venturi. BTW, this is a 78 Federal Model with the single ZS carb. Greg Rowe _________________________________________________________________ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
