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Re: Worries about starting.

To: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <parc.xerox.com!cak@uunet.pa.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Worries about starting.
From: martine@informix.com
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 93 08:50:00 PDT
> Having to crank a few times to fill the float bowls is not such a bad
> thing - because it allows the oil pump to start lubricating the engine
> before it starts firing. As long as you're not cranking so long that
> the starter slows down because the battery is getting drained, I
> wouldn't worry about it (I often wish my GT6 would start less quickly,
> so I wouldn't hear that awful rattle of dry bearings!)

Hmm, I just use the lever on the fuel pump to prime the carbs.  Do some
GT6s not have the handy manual priming lever?

Later,
  Martine


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