John Mulders Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Too many things going on so no time to drive the P15 let alone work on her. Had the weather strips in but they are coming off (3M so that should good stuff). So she was collecting dust and when I looked inside I noticed all kind of dropping (missing glass and there are other openings little critters can go through). Also had borrowed a motorcycle a couple of weeks ago and had spent some time on that too. Decided I needed to start her up but the engine turned but nothing happened. Opened the hood, also dirty. So I rolled her out of the carport, washed her. Still no running engine. Then cleaned the engine a bit (blow away the dirt etc). Still no running engine. Finally got the vacuum cleaner out and cleaned the inside. Tried one more time and she then started to cough a bit, another attempt and she was running. Let her run for a bit then took her out for a drive. had a nice drive although at one traffic light when slowing down on a downhill street I had a large cloud coming out of the exhaust. Probably oil that gets passed the cylinder rings. I have ordered a snake camera, mostly for the house as have some spots under the roof I want to check for debris causing leaks. But I think I also should be able to look inside the cylinder. Perhaps that also will give me some info. Anyway, I found it very funny that she only started after some serious TLC. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero3113 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 If you still have the original oil bath filter that may have caused your smoke on the downhill, make sure it's tight. And yes they have feelings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hi John. Good to hear from you again. You just gotta spend a little more time with the P15....to keep her happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchEdwin Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Hi John...interesting story....cleaning up the car makes it running? We should post this idea more often when anybody shouts HELP, ENGINE WON'T START. B.t.w. do you thing of spanking her on the trunk occasionally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mulders Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 tapping maybe, spanking no.... I guess the logical explanation is that the electric fuel pump needed a lot of time for getting the carburetor filled during the attempts. but that is not as good as thinking she has feelings John PS. No oilbath filter, have converted to paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 tapping maybe, spanking no....I guess the logical explanation is that the electric fuel pump needed a lot of time for getting the carburetor filled during the attempts. but that is not as good as thinking she has feelings John PS. No oilbath filter, have converted to paper. Haha I'll occasionally give Spot(the 48) a pat on the dash and say good car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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