How do you guys get a flooded motor to crank? 88 Rude 150 XP... I killed the cranking battery the other morning it was cold outside and did not want to catch.. It ended up back on the trailer for the dayShould I keep a can of starting fluid handy for cold morning's?
Have you checked to make sure you are getting a good spark?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jaqfan »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How do you guys get a flooded motor to crank? 88 Rude 150 XP... I killed the cranking battery the other morning it was cold outside and did not want to catch.. It ended up back on the trailer for the day
Good morning!
First of all please don't use Starting fluid on a two cycle.
Next use your engine manual, start with the basic and make sure the engine is in good tune, spark plugs, compression etc.
Your engine should be the envy of the crowd on the lake as far as being easy to start. It "is" a gas hog but, easy to start if in good tune.
If you can't run with the big dogs, just stay on the porch.
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Starting fluid also acts as a cleaner. And will wipe out all the oil in the cyliders. NOT GOOD. I am diesel mechanic/ contractor for the army. I cant tell you how many engines they go through because of ether. JMHO ether is only good as a cleaner.
I have no proplems with spark... On cold mornings it is a bear to get started she catchs then dies out... air temp above 60 never a problem by the 2 or 3 turn of the key fires right up? So if I do flood it again how can I clear it so I can get it started?
You sure it's flooding ? When it's cool/cold, my 94 200 needs to be primed like crazy to start. Then I have to bump the primer a few more times till it warms up a bit. The rest of the day it starts in under 1/2 a second.
Primed? If you are refering to choke yes I have to choke it on the cold morning's.. and I think thats how I flooded it out... Once it is up and running the rest of the days is bump the key and off we go.....
If you flooded it and can smell the gas, then hold it wot with the choke off and see if it will clear out. Most times you can prime the bulb good , choke and turn her over till she hits. If she hits and dies then turn her over without the choke but any time she fires up be ready to give her some more choke( or primer if you will) till she runs smooth on her own. Has always been a good technique on the J/E engines
DG was right on on the ether!!! NO NO NO NO!!!!
The Cross-flow motors need to be at level trim or angled down to really get the fuel to the carbs first thing in the AM (but here is the catch) the upper exhaust has to be above H20 level for it to fire right up. Hold the Key in for 2 seconds, release, 2 more and then crank the motor, feather the gas and choke and off you go! If it is real bad then trim the motor out of H20 and crank it about 4 times. Should bust off then, trim back down and re-fire.
I would check the compression, then the ignition, make sure the throttle plates are all closed, check the primer solenoid.
Thanks guys for the help on the start procedure... I'll try it thur and let you know.. Rusty as for the comp, spark and plates all is well just a hard cranker in the cold mornings.. I'll try the sequence that CM just passed along.. Thank You
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