1. I would perfer mine did'nt start till it had oil presure.
2. Unless the float bowls are empty it will still start.
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
To: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 6:37 PM
Subject: RE: Fuel pump leaks/no tiger content/ but a moral/ NASCAR
>At 09:16 AM 2/19/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>One thing that you can do to provide an automatic shutoff is to wire an
oil
>>pressure switch so that it turns off the fuel pump when there is no oil
>>pressure. Even an injected engine will run for a few seconds on the
residual
>>pressure in the fuel rail, and a carbureted engine will idle for at least
a
>>minute on the float bowl contents.
>>
>>Theo Smit
> I normally turn on the ignition and run the
>electric fuel pump for a while before I start my Tiger
>or Alpine. With the oil pressure switch you would have to
>crank the motor to get the fuel pump to work (build up
>oil pressure to activate switch). Might as well go back
>to a manual pump.
>James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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