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Old 12-16-2004 | 07:03 PM
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Default RE: starting & priming??

I am assuming you are not talking about a Cox TeeDee.

On practically any engine my sequence is as follows:

Fill tank.

Open needle valve about 3/4 turns farther than the instructions call for.

Full throttle.

Put your finger over the carb hole and flip the engine over till you see fuel enter the carb.

Leave your finger on the carb and flip about 6 times more, the engine will loosen up and you will feel the fuel lubricating the engine.

Low throttle, a couple of clicks off idle.

Connect glow plug battery.

I then grab the prop firmly and pull it through compression. If the engine is ready to start you will feel a bump.

Leave at low throttle and flip it through smartly.

Normally, your engine will be running.

Open the throttle and you should be running sloppy rich, I do this for safety sake so I don't run the engine lean.

Close the needle valve slowly until you are just in a 2 cycle, not too lean.

Once the engine is broken in you will be able to adjust the idle and transition. This is the subject of another thread.