Phil13
ArboristSite Lurker
Hello all,
Following on from my mac15 thread , my pioneer 650 has arrived. Well used but very clean, but had no spark. Quick strip down and points clean and she set off sparking. I then thought should I clean the fuel system ? Or just put some fuel in and give it a go? Imagine my shock when I removed the fuel cap, and it was full of fuel. It had been boxed up and packaged and mailed 150 miles full of fuel!! Probably 10 yr old at least. Anyway the fuel was like syrup so I emptied the tank, cleaned the filter bowl and tank fuel lines and filters. There was a lot of black gunk in the bottom of the tank and filter bowl. Looked at the carb it was very clean but diaphrams were very hard. Fit carb overall kit but trouble I have is that it won’t draw fuel up in to the filter bowl? If I attach a vacuum to the exit side of the filter it fills the glass bowl but as soon as I remove the vacuum the fuel runs straight back into the tank. Is something missing or have I missed something?
Many thanks Phil
Here’s a couple of pics, for those that asked
Following on from my mac15 thread , my pioneer 650 has arrived. Well used but very clean, but had no spark. Quick strip down and points clean and she set off sparking. I then thought should I clean the fuel system ? Or just put some fuel in and give it a go? Imagine my shock when I removed the fuel cap, and it was full of fuel. It had been boxed up and packaged and mailed 150 miles full of fuel!! Probably 10 yr old at least. Anyway the fuel was like syrup so I emptied the tank, cleaned the filter bowl and tank fuel lines and filters. There was a lot of black gunk in the bottom of the tank and filter bowl. Looked at the carb it was very clean but diaphrams were very hard. Fit carb overall kit but trouble I have is that it won’t draw fuel up in to the filter bowl? If I attach a vacuum to the exit side of the filter it fills the glass bowl but as soon as I remove the vacuum the fuel runs straight back into the tank. Is something missing or have I missed something?
Many thanks Phil
Here’s a couple of pics, for those that asked