Sitkaspruce
Well-Known Member
This weekend my T8 started to act up. It has always be tough to start when cold, but after it warms up it runs great....until yesterday. It ran great for about 2 hours, then it just slowly idled down and quite. I checked the gas line, the kill switch, and everything else I could, short of taking it apart. The bulb was soft when I squezzed it and when I pumped it to get firm, gas started spilling out of the carb. Nothing happened after trying to start it for about 30 min. I tilted it up and left it. At first I thought I flooded it, but after 30 min and not even a rough idle, I thought it had to be something else.
Today the same thing happened. It started, ran for about 2 hours, then quite. Repeated the same checks and no go. Fished for another hour and ran home. At home, I tried to start it and on the first pull it fired up.
Is gas supposed to run out of the carb when pumping the ball?
I thought I had an air lock, but after checking all the lines and seeing gas go into the carb, but would not fire, I am at a loss.
Sender unit?, problem with ball on the hose? carb problem? ??????
Any help would be appriciated.
Cheers
SS
Today the same thing happened. It started, ran for about 2 hours, then quite. Repeated the same checks and no go. Fished for another hour and ran home. At home, I tried to start it and on the first pull it fired up.
Is gas supposed to run out of the carb when pumping the ball?
I thought I had an air lock, but after checking all the lines and seeing gas go into the carb, but would not fire, I am at a loss.
Sender unit?, problem with ball on the hose? carb problem? ??????
Any help would be appriciated.
Cheers
SS