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Originally Posted by Sam Mac
One of the members on Cub Cadet Cyclops on FB is using a primer bulb to get gas up to the carb after the tractor has been sitting. I'm going to buy a couple and see how it works on the engines that I don't use very often.
https://www.amazon.com/Primer-Rubber...12152270&psc=1 |
Be safe!
I thought what a great idea Sam, I need to buy a couple of the primer bulbs.
After finding some 8mm units for $2.87 each, Like this one;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/8mm-Hand-Pu....c100005.m1851
I remembered to check for compatibility with ethanol and came across a product review with photos (listed on one site actually selling the bulbs) one showing bulb rubber badly cracked and another showing the damage done by leaking fuel from the cracked bulb. The claim made was that the bulb was used twice when new and after sitting
one year the damage was noticed and the bulb no longer functioned.
THEN, I remembered that years ago, maybe 10 or 12 I bought one similar at Harbor Freight to pump/siphon fuel from a drum- it failed like described above.
I still think it's a great idea, wish I could be sure about the quality of the rubber used in the bulb without actually testing it long term.