Cat 3208 injector pump

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Check solenoid off engine. It is power applied (12 volt) you should here it click when you turn the key on. when you turn key off spring pressure shuts off fuel. RE --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Michael <MHOHNSTEIN@...> wrote: From: Michael <MHOHNSTEIN@...> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Cat 3208 injector pump To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 7:48 PM --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "xz3kg7" wrote: > > I had some problems with my Bird engine starting/stopping. So I thought it was the fuel solenoid. But turns out not so. > > I removed my fuel solenoid, and my Bird still wouldn't start, so I pulled up the lever inside where the fuel solenoid goes, and it started immediately. I found something on another site and figured out this lever should automatically come up when the cat is turned over... but it isn't. Apparently it is "sticky" as my solenoid was also having trouble pushing it down to turn it off. > > Any insight on how to proceed with this problem? I looked around for some other posts, but didn't find any... however let me know if this has already been addressed on the forum. > > > Alan Johnson > 87FC35 > > ps. I just got back from a New Year's trip to South Padre. I was maybe a half dozen other Birds there! > There is a lip seal on the shaft that the solinoid controls. It is known for getting sticky. It can also leak. I would move the lever to the off position, if it sticks mash the throttle a couple times to see if it moves, usually works for me when mine won't fire up. Shoot some silicone lube toward the back of the pump on the shaft, work it a few times to see if it get's better. Like I say, I alway pump mine a couple times before trying to start, seems to help.