Hinomoto N209 refuses to start. H E L P

[JoeL4330]

not my area of expertise, but as you described your fuel tank location, I might consider making a small (quart, or so) tank rinsed and filled with filtered diesel and gravity feed it with the shortest possible, transparent hose. My logic would be to eliminate all the fittings, filters, piping, distance and fuel pump from the equation. If it started, you will have diagnosed the problem.

If it starts this way and the problem recurs, I would find a more permanent way to start on the gravity tank and transition to your normal setup ...tee and valve setup as you would for an auxiliary tank on a truck. Myself, I would have considered this as an alternative to replacing the fuel pump.

I did mention assuring that the aux. fuel was scrupulously filtered, didn't I, because you are runnin' neked (filterless) until the transition.

On the other hand, this armchair analysis and suggestion may be worth less than what you paid for it. Good luck, whatever you choose to do.

 

[bjr]

The electric pump may have not been a bad idea. I have use a hand pump weed sprayer to build some pressure to the pump. I would make sure weed sprayer tank is clean and make whatever kind of fitting adapters to get connection directly to pump. We're talking low pressure here, folks. Like some one else said, bypass all other parts and go directly to the pump. Then see if engine doesn't fire with small amount of pressure from weed sprayer. Checking air intake is a good idea. I've seen rodents do amazing things in a short time. get constant squirts out of injector lines and then it should fire. Again as someone else posted get full battery voltage on that thing for good cranking. bjr

 

[Richard]

I just had an issue on an International not starting. Long story short, I took off the (recently replaced) fuel filter to check for flow. There was a trickle through the inlet to the filter (from the tank).

I blew some compressed air backwards through this opening, into the tank. When I pulled my air chuck away, the fuel SPEWED out the inlet, proving that I had a 90% obstruction inside my fuel tank and it needs to be drained/cleaned.

Was most frustrating figureing this out...we replaced the battery, starter and were preparing to remove the injector pump to have IT rebuilt.

All it needed was a blow of air!!