REFLECTOR: Franklin
John Dibble
aminetech at bluefrog.com
Mon Sep 4 20:30:26 CDT 2006
Mine has the fuel injection lines also. I have noticed on occasion that
when I prime with the injection and do not hit the start button right
away, that fuel runs out the carburetor. Is that a fire danger as well?
John
MikeWatsonSpg at cs.com wrote:
> Hiroo,
>
> What ever you do, please do not pump the throttle to
> start the engine. Both Denis and I had fires while trying
> to start our engines at F. 40
>
> I was lucky, no damage. Denis Miller cowls and firewall were
> burnt very badly. After that incident, we installed the
> fuel injector rails with a solenoid. Now our procedure
> for starting is the same as Larry stated. Follow Larry's
> suggestions and you will be OK.
>
> The Franklin is a great engine, it takes a lot of abuse,
> Idles like a dragster and runs as smooth as silk between
> 2500 and 2700 RPM. Mine has given me excellent service
> for nine years now.
>
> Mike W.
> SERG Franklin/IVO Electric CS
>
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