JasonJ
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- Aug 20, 2001
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Went to use Skanky Beast today and had starting issues, but I don't think it is motor related. Usually I can prime the bulb and it gets rock-hard, and the motor fires right up. Today, I could not get the bulb to pump to rock-hard status, and I could hear that the fuel was being pushed back into the tank while squeezing. Tried spare tank and same thing, and it has a brand-new hose, bulb, and fitting. I cranked it for a few minutes and it started up finally, and cruised out and shut down. <br /><br />Sat out there for a few hours, and went to restart, would not start. Checked bulb, and it would not get rock-hard. I cranked and cranked, and the battery started to wear down to nothing. At this point I was stressing, so I took off the shroud, unhooked the quick diconnect, and using a key to depress the little ball in the fitting, I squeezed the bulb while aiming into each carb and shot a bit of gas in each. Hooked it up, pumped the bulb, and this time it came rock hard, and the motor fired right up. <br /><br />I feel like there was air somehow getting in the line and locking the fuel out or something, because using the key had a sort of bleeding off action. Keep in mind this happened with two separate tanks, all hoses and bulbs are new. It has been quite hot lately, which makes me suspect some sort of vapor issue in the line.<br /><br />Am I just going to have to do the bleed off procedure when the bulb never gets hard, or is there some great solution that I am missing? Motor runs great and always starts 98 percent of the time.