Rick Grant wrote:
>
> Todd Schlemmer wrote
>
>> My reasoning: No fuel in line (pump valves/diaphram tired, worn?); on
>> start, fuel is burned from bowl, but pump has not pressurized fuel at
>> float
>> valve. Engine dies. Continued cranking pressurizes line, fills bowl,
>> engine starts.
>>
>> Ergo: time for a new fuel pump.
>
>
> Perhaps not. I have a new pump and my starting behavior is similar to
> yours.
>
> After sitting for more than 18 hours or so the engine fires on the first
> revolution then dies soon after. Six seconds of cranking later (I've
> timed this several times) and the engine will light off.
>
> Solex carb.
Sounds to me like the Solex syphon problem, the accelerator pump is
emptying the fuel bowl.
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