Re: 1956 Oliver 5.5 hp won’t start

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October 7, 2016 at 11:56 pm #45407
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    Jerry, I tried squeezing the bulb when I had the original fuel pump on,
    and it did keep it running. I doubt if my new B&S style fuel pump is bad
    too, so my thoughts were that the engine is low on crankcase pressure / suction
    to operate the pump sufficiently at idle. Is this possible?
    It ran pretty decent with the gravity fed tank hooked up. Strange!

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