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So I have a 145E here that I am trying to get to run properly, Apparently it was running fine until about 12 months ago when it was parked up. I have attempted to start it by simply hooking up a set of jumper leads and hitting the key, after a fair bit of cranking it fired up.. on 3 cylinders. It ran roughly for about 5 minutes and stopped. It would not restart. I let it cool down for about an hour and hit the key, off it went again for another 5 minutes and stopped. Once again it would not restart.
The fuel gauge read empty, so I added 25L of fresh fuel. By now it had been sitting for a couple of hours so when I hit the key 3 cylinders fired up as usual, I pulled the lead to cylinder 1, no difference. I Shut it down, replaced the spark plug and hit the key again.. This time all 4 cylinders were pulling their weight. It was running nice and smooth for 5 minutes or so and then it stopped again and wouldn't restart.
I have found that i can do this over and over and over and it doesn't change, by now I am certain it is running on its fresh fuel... and all 4 cylinders are working evenly.
To add to this. If, after it has shut itself off, I crank the engine for a long time with NO throttle applied it will start and idle (a little roughly). It will only run in this state for 30 seconds or so and if the throttle is touched during this time it will stall.
Of course If I leave it alone for an hour It will start again no problems.
I have had little to no experience on these K-jet systems... any tips.
The fuel gauge read empty, so I added 25L of fresh fuel. By now it had been sitting for a couple of hours so when I hit the key 3 cylinders fired up as usual, I pulled the lead to cylinder 1, no difference. I Shut it down, replaced the spark plug and hit the key again.. This time all 4 cylinders were pulling their weight. It was running nice and smooth for 5 minutes or so and then it stopped again and wouldn't restart.
I have found that i can do this over and over and over and it doesn't change, by now I am certain it is running on its fresh fuel... and all 4 cylinders are working evenly.
To add to this. If, after it has shut itself off, I crank the engine for a long time with NO throttle applied it will start and idle (a little roughly). It will only run in this state for 30 seconds or so and if the throttle is touched during this time it will stall.
Of course If I leave it alone for an hour It will start again no problems.
I have had little to no experience on these K-jet systems... any tips.