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Re: Priming A Lawn mower Engine: What Does Pushing On The Bulb Actually

Jeff Wisnia

2005-06-28, 11:25 pm

raven@westnet.poe.com wrote:

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> I don't know how far along the gas is pushed, but what you're doing is
> flooding the fuel line (which drains when the engine isn't running) so
> that you don't have to pull-start the engine or run the starter for a real
> long time while eating up the air in the line.
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> John

You are correct John, it pulls fuel up from the tank, but it does
actually push fuel into the "carb" bore. If you push it too many times
you can "flood" the engine.

Jeff

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