>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:48:10 -0400
>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>From: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Possibility of fuel line primer?
>
>The float bowls of your carbs should hold enough gas to start and run your
engine plenty long enough to allow the fuel pump to replenish the bowls
before they run-dry...
>
>If your float bowls are empty after sitting awhile then perhaps you are
leaking fuel from them??
>
>Richard
>
>>>Hi,
>>> My car takes a long time to start after sitting a while, because the fuel
>>>drains back out of the fuel line. I bought an electric fuel pump which I
>>>didn't put in yet to replace my mechanical one, but I just realized that
>>>boat engines have these primer bulbs that you squeeze to get the gas
>>>flowing. Would that work on my fuel line, or am I just asking for trouble?
>>>
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