Re: OT: Question for the gear heads (gas, bad gas and ether)
- From: Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Mar 2008 16:31:36 GMT
Nate Nagel <njnagel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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DanKMTB@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a question that a few of you may have some input on which may
save me some time.
Will a carb partially junked up run on ether and not on regular
gasoline if the ether is injected through the fuel like, on the fuel
pump end? I know if the carbs are junked up and you spray the ether
straight into them via the air intake it'll run, but am not sure if
it's partially due to the location of injection or entirely due to the
higher combustibility of the starting fluid.
it's because ether vaporizes much easier and at lower temps than gas.
you can't mix it with gas in the tank,it would just bubble out...as a
really explosive vapor. VERY unsafe.
I've got an engine I'm trying to get running, for as little $ and time
as possible. The tank was almost drained before storage 2 years ago,
but there was apparently still enough fuel left in there to get old
and junk up the carbs. Removing and rebuilding all 4 carbs is a job
I'd like to avoid, so we tried firing it on fresh gas.
try some fuel injector cleaner or "dry gas".
they have solvents to dissolve the gummy stuff left by the old gas.
No dice. Next
we pulled the fuel line to check the fuel pump pressure. Check.
Starting fluid into the airbox: Run & starve. Then on a whim to see
how junked up the carbs were, we removed the fuel line from the outlet
of the fuel pump and shot starting fluid into there. It ran just like
we sprayed it into the air box, which surprised me. Now I'm wondering
if I don't have a prayer of cleaning these a bit to get it running.
When you try to start it on gas, does it act like it's flooding or
starving? When you have the engine off, if you stick your head over one
of the primary carbs, can you see fuel squirt out of the accelerator
pump nozzles when you open the throttle? Have you replaced all fuel
filters?
nate
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