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Old 01-16-2021, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ahdofu
Thanks for the reply back. I'll try again when the weather gets a bit better.

With a low temp, methanol fuel won't start by itself. We used to preheat the engines and give a shot of ciggy lighter fluid down the carb. They would run but fussy and fuel draw became weak.
Power was down indeed.