How do I Prime my 4 stroke engine?

Subject: How do I Prime my 4 stroke engine? December 6th 2011, 7:52 am

It has no primer bulb and im not 100% sure where i need to put the gas to prime it. Its a 12HP Tecumseh

Subject: Re: How do I Prime my 4 stroke engine? December 6th 2011, 12:43 pm

Tecumseh Snow King engines use a carb with a fitting for the vacuum line from the primer, however their engines used in tractors have no provisions for a primer.
You could do what Briggs did with their older snowthrower engines.... use a pump primer that feeds fuel directly into the intake near the head.

Just curious...why do you need to prime it?

Subject: Re: How do I Prime my 4 stroke engine? December 6th 2011, 3:48 pm

AcreFarm wrote:: Tecumseh Snow King engines use a carb with a fitting for the vacuum line from the primer, however their engines used in tractors have no provisions for a primer.
You could do what Briggs did with their older snowthrower engines.... use a pump primer that feeds fuel directly into the intake near the head.

Just curious...why do you need to prime it?

My battery is dying and i dont have a charger for it so i dont want to run it down by cranking it too much

Subject: Re: How do I Prime my 4 stroke engine? December 6th 2011, 7:32 pm

take the plugs out squirt a little gas in cylender put plugs back in and try it or drizzle little gas in carb and try it
just be careful about not spilling any gas on the engine

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