ORIGINAL: rcenth
well the caldera has been sitting here since last weekend and i haven't done anything with it at all, i just went to test to see if the starter is pulling or not, and it's not it's really hard. can the engine have been flooded just sitting there like this since last weekend? there is fuel in the tank. or is it still since the engine is new and hasn't been broken in yet?
it could be possible like I said earlier that your new engine has a very tight pinch to it. Sometimes heating it up with a hair dryer will let it pull easier. I doubt your flooded from last weekend. I still think it sounds like something isn't right in the engine. And you asked earlier can it really flood in 3-4 turns? Yes, if it's set very rich like it is for break in, you can pull a lot of fuel in it when priming and not realize your flooding it. My Tornado primes in 2 pulls. More than that and it's flooded.