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Old 06-15-2011 | 03:38 PM
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John Casey
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Default RE: JetCat Start Problem

Share the pain........Let us know what fixes it....

rctech2k7......that last post is very true......
a new uncycled out of the box ecu battery lacking some poop under
all that load... starter going...igniter lighting....
new pump trying to turn over ....the ecu trying to maintain all that may
have the voltage but what about the amps to push all that .....at one time?
Breaking in the pump, which is a good thing to do on any "new" engine and upping
the voltage may be masking the true issue.

What Ecu battery and voltage are you using?
Nicad
Nimh
Lipo

BUT WAIT I re-read the post.... you wrote:
"The solenoid clicks away as it should but if I disconnect the kero start tube from the turbine then there is virtually nothing coming through."

The kerosene solenoid is ethier normally fully open or closed to prevent gravity feed fuel flow to the engine....only propane solenoids click.

why is the kero solenoid clicking?????????? and No fuel dripping? is there a setting for that like on the propane version?
should fuel drip if the soleniod was taken out of the loop?

Is there a propane solenoid port on the ecu .......it could be plugged into ???

( don't have the manuals for that ecu, I'll go get educated, off to Jetcat)

back... from jetcat... Ok..... two kero solenoids.....getting powered....

(Note: V6.0I or newer ECUs default to .....LiPoly battery type.)
.... this should be checked.

Even if the setting has been reset for...... nicads.
I had to cycle those NIB jetcat red-cased ecu nicad batteries 4 or
5 times to get them up to doing the start job on any turbine.
Let alone a kero start model.

Love troubleshooting stuff... still....Let us know what fixes it....