Reply With Quotewhat do you have for a main?
Fill the dam tub!
After running on my kicker for several hours my main engine is hard to start.. seems flooded. I have a Rayco filter and two outlets, one for each engine..
First thing in the am the main fires up just fine..
Any ideas???
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what do you have for a main?
Fill the dam tub!
I have a honda 75 and a yammi 8 h.t. the problem only occurs after running the kicker for a couple hours
Even though you say it seems flooded, its possible that the kicker has drawn the fuel from your main engine and it takes a while to get fuel primed back to into it. A worn primer bulb could back flow fuel from the main engine. You could test this with a shut off valve or simply crimping the fuel line closed to the main engine, then run the kicker and see if it still is difficult to start.
That could be a problem with having the kicker fuel line tied into the fuel pump of the main?
Crimp the kicker fuel line and pump up the bulb and see if the main starts alright?
Do you have a shut off valve between the two?
You really need to distinguish between weather its flooded or has a lack of fuel before you can go any further.
Fill the dam tub!
Lots of good advice.. if I crimp the fuel line to the main.. then I would know pretty quickly if it is a worn bulb.
Any suggestions on what to use to crimp the main engine fuel line while running the kicker so it will not do damage to the line
thanks
The last kicker I had, I ran separate fuel pickups from both of the engines, directly from the fuel tank, which elevated any possible problem from one engine drawing fuel out of the other. And, I have had that problem in the past.
I am assuming you do not have a shut off valve to sperate the two? That would be the easiest, as you could just turn off the valve.
If you have a portable tank? You can hook the "kicker" fuel line directly to the portable tank, and plug where it went into the filter. At least that would tell you if the kicker is sucking the fuel from the main? If you have one fuel pump strong enough, that can happen.
Have you determined if it is "flooding" or "lack of fuel" problem? I think it is the later, but if not... you have a completely different issue?
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Lots of good advice.. if I crimp the fuel line to the main.. then I would know pretty quickly if it is a worn bulb.
Any suggestions on what to use to crimp the main engine fuel line while running the kicker so it will not do damage to the line
thanks
Hooch
If your kicker is drawing fuel from the main a simple way to test is to sqeeeze the primer bulb until hard after running the kicker..to re-prime the mains fuel line. If it starts normally after doing this you know whats up.
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