[Public-List] Gas Tank (Stupid) Question

[Meinhold, Michael J.]

Mine has a bypass switch which allows you to get the engine started if the initial oil pressure is too low


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Correct me if I am wrong, but is the electric fuel pump supposed to run
through the oil presure switch on late model A4's.  Mine is the mechanical
pump version and to prime I remove the copper pipe between the pump and
carb but leaving the pump side connected then by pumping and holding my
finger over the fuel outlet of the copper pipe this creates suction I can
fill the bowl, when full re-connect the copper pipe and continue pumping
until the carb is full.
John Boor
On MAHSEER #380
returning from the Bahamas


> With an electric fuel pump I can pull the fuel from the gas tank and
> fill the filter bowl in a fairly short time. - the fuel pump is wired to
> the "run" switch. I once used a primer bulb but had two of them fail on
> me and gave up. You want to be careful not to crank the engine too long
> unless you turn off the raw water thru-hull (this can fill up the
> water-lift muffler and flood the engine with water).
>
>
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272
>
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> As others said, fill the filter bowl before you install it, however if
> you don't have a priming lever on your mechanical pump (mine doesn't)
> the other thing you can do is spray some starting fluid on the carb.

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