Paul356 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 It's a sailboat, right? So why do we spend all our time fussing with motors, batteries, trailers.... But at least today, little Miss Suzy Q started right up. One more thing to check off the list for the first trip of the season with the CS 17, planned Saturday to Lake Mendota in Madison. 20200610_170617.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 You had me with the first sentence Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Yep. Hoping next pix will be sails, breeze, water... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jknight611 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 We have the same 2.5 Suzuki on our CS20.3, some days it will start with 1/2 pull, some days 156 pulls are required..... I try to do absolutely the same procedure, but with varying results. I currently have a chicken bone tied to the tiller. After it starts it runs beautifully, just those first few revolutions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 I discovered the secret on my 2.5 Zuki. Promise not to laugh! I take off the gas cap and blow air into the tank to pressurize it and force gas into the fuel system. Apparently running the gas out when I finish with it after using it leaves air in the fuel lines that gravity doesn't clear. Now it always starts with 1 or 2 pulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 I find it does start more quickly (<156 pulls) if I am able to let it sit for a time after I turn the gas valve to "on." 5 min is not too long. So, Chick is probably on to something. Get that gas down to the carb. Or he's a human chicken bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Works for me! BUT-----be careful ya don't slosh gas into your mouth! It will turn YOUR bones into a chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Ready to head out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 I’m just sitting here thinking (and chucking) about Chick with a ring of gasoline around his lips. Hope he doesn’t start smoking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Well, I DO wipe it off first! I wonder if my hot breath could ignite it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted June 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Made it. Great sailing on Lake Mendota, Madison, WI. Met up with a group of small boat and canoe sailors for their annual rendezvous. (Miss Q the 2.5 Suzuki started on first pull, no huffing required.) 20200613_095711.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 I too think that Chick might be on to the problem. My Suzuki 2.5 has been the perfect engine except for the first start of a cruise. Once it has been run for a while it starts every time on the first pull. I am not keen on kissing the inside of a fuel cap but I know that I will become desperate enough to do it. I want to start mine soon so I will give it a try. I wonder if I can cobble up a cap with a hose to make it a bit more sanitary. Paul, I am glad that you got out for a sail. Your weather should be getting real pretty now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 I bought a fuel cap and drilled it for a nipple to attach a fuel line to for a emote fuel can---but that's another story. No reason you couldn't do that to "puff" into your tank on the motor. Or, invite a friend to go with you and make him the designated tank blower-upper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 We started the little Suzuki yesterday for the first time this season and I believe that the Chick method works. I went through the standard starting sequence and gave it about 4 pulls, then Alan gave it a few pulls. He then blew down the fuel fill and she roared into life on the next pull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stewart Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Yeah, Chick that trick really works!!! couldn't believe it. So I guess the darn thing needed a little priming bulb all this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Glad to help. 'all. I forgot one detail though. Be sure to have a tall glass of Real Southern Sweet Tea to flush out any gas taste that may have sloshed on to your tender lips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 I think you guys are on to something. If you can figure out how to blow in to make to intake air more dense you would have a lung-powered turbo. More power for those small displacement engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 I learned this trick back in my early boat racing days blowing into the tank of my KG-7 Mercury Hurricane. Nick, we tried all sorts of ways to get more fuel/air into these little engines. Some even worked! Most were illegal. There was an old fellow that that built "stock" engines that his sons raced. They almost always won. He had ways of cheating that we could never catch him at. We finally made him the engine inspector. His boys still won, but he caught a lot of other folks cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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