If you squirt fuel into his engine, then it is getting fuel......
If it won't hit from that, then something else is amiss.....
Even if he forgot to put seals in the damn thing, it still would "vroom".....
I'm pretty sure that @Harley T is just patronizing you.
He's just saying you shouldn't need to waste time trying to produce a giant soapy fart bubble to figure this one out.