<VV> Engine Starting Problem

[Mike Stillwell]

 Bob - Sure sounds like a fuel problem to me. Tune-ups don't generally go bad overtime, as long as everything stays dry. 
 Couple things to check. Are you getting squirts from the accel pumps? After cranking it up, do you gets drips from the venturi clusters so that it's flooding? Any fuel smell to the oil or exhaust pipe? 
 "Modern" fuel seems to have a shelf life of 3 days. I'd bet there's some issue with the fuel pump or the needle/seat in the carbs.

 Mike
 YS-117

--- On Fri, 5/7/10, HallGrenn at aol.com <HallGrenn at aol.com> wrote:

> From: HallGrenn at aol.com <HallGrenn at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Engine Starting Problem
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 10:55 AM
> Thought I'd throw this out for some
> feedback.
>  
> I hadn't started my Greenbrier for some time (it wouldn't
> start) and I was  
> about convinced I had bad gas, dirty carbs or some other
> fuel related  
> problem--the ignition is good with fresh wires, plugs,
> points and condenser and  
> a good coil and distributer.  It fires right up if I
> use a quick squirt of  
> starting fluid (which I really don't like doing).  I
> had planned  to hook 
> up a marine gas tank tomorrow (Sat) to confirm my
> hypothesis before  draining 
> the tank, but last night I decided to shift it to keep the
> neighbors on  
> speaking terms and I went out to crank it a few feet
> forward.  I forgot to  
> engage the clutch at first and when I cranked it it fired
> up immediately 
> (after  sitting for weeks) and then died after about
> half a minute and wouldn't  
> restart.  So maybe it isn't the fuel.  I've been
> doing my own tuneups  for 
> over 40 years and this suprised me.  
>  
> Any thoughts on something other than sour fuel?
>  
> Bob Hall
> Group
>