Thu Oct 17 12:27:53 1996
- Message No. 97
From: Tom Hourigan
Subject: Re: Starting the engine after a few days...
Hello,
can someone repost the email mentioned below please.
Best Regards,
Tom Hourigan.
Raymond Fels wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm watching your letters from the last days and read about the problem with starting the engine after a long(er) period.
> I had this problem too with my bike.
> And if you read well, you see that I HAD this problem.
> There is one 100% solution to this problem.
> (I mailed it once already)
>
> The cause of this problem is the evaporation of the fuel in the carburator.
> If you start the engine it needs fuel. (nothing new I think)
> But it isn't there.
> The fuel-pump has to deliver it to the carburators.
> BUT, it only runs when the engine turns.
> So the first time the engine will not run, but has to turn (on starter-engine) to lett the fuel-pump run.
>
> If you want to avoid the stupid look of a unwilling engine, you have to do following:
>
> Lett the fuel-pump run for about 3 seconds before you start.
>
> There are several ways to do this.
> You can do it by a switch or make a time-relais do the job for you.
>
> I won't go into the details any further.....
>
> I already mailed some info a time ago, maybe someone can repost it if it's wanted.
> I can't do it myself because my computer is taken apart and have to mail from work.....
>
> Ps: I'm working on a special carbon exhaust for the RD07 now.....
>
> Greetings from The Netherlands.
> Raymond Fels.
>
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