[FC] Hard starting

[Ron]

The advantage of the stock pump is that when the engine cranks until the 
bowels are full, the engine has pressurized oil in all of the bearings when 
it starts.  The electric pump starts an almost dry engine which is OK if 
that's what you want.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RoboMan91324 at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <steven at sashimi.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:44 PM
Subject: [FC] Hard starting


>
> Steve,
>
> It is almost certainly that the fuel is evaporating from your  carbs in 
> the 3
> weeks the Rampside is dormant.  Pumping the accelerator  actuates the
> accelerator pump in the carb itself.  If there is no gas in  the carb, it 
> does
> nothing.  There is no fuel for the accelerator pump to  pump until the 
> fuel pump
> delivers fuel to the carb to replace what has  evaporated.
>
> Yes, an electric fuel pump would solve the problem if you let  it run for 
> a
> minute before cranking the starter.  There may be other ways  to slow the
> evaporation of the fuel from the carbs but eventually the fuel will 
> evaporate.
>
> Doc
> '60 Corvette; '61 Rampside; '62 Rampside; '64 Spyder; '65  Greenbrier; '66
> Corsa turbo coupe; '67 Nova SS; '68 Camaro ragtop
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In a message dated 7/6/2008 9:00:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> corvanatics-request at corvair.org writes:
>
> Message:  2
> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:38:53 -0400
> From: "Steven"  <steven at sashimi.org>
> Subject: [FC] Hard starting
> To:  <corvanatics at corvair.org>
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>
> Twice now since I've  owned my Rampside, a little more than a year now, I
> have had difficulty  starting.  Normally it starts right up.  Both times I 
> had
> the  difficulty it was after about three weeks of not starting the truck. 
> It
> cranks fine.  It's as if it's not getting any gas even though there's gas 
> in
> the tank.  Both times I had to pour some gas into the carbs and after 
> doing
> that it starts.  Once started it runs fine and I have no more  problems 
> starting
> that day, the next, or even after going a week or so not  starting it.
>
> I can understand that the gas in the carb  might evaporate over two or 
> three
> weeks but I'd think that pumping the  accelerator and cranking it would
> eventually get the gas pumping to the carbs.
>
> What causes this problem and is there anything short of an electric  fuel
> pump to fix it (other than doing what I'm doing or starting the engine 
> every
> week)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Brown
>
> Media, PA
>
> '62  Rampside
>
>
>
>
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