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There is a little sticker on the victas suggesting 1 push of the prime button is sufficient, I have always had to use 3, sometimes more. Is there one factor eg priming button loses its efficiency, compression dropping over time etc. that causes this? What would it take to get back to the one prime only push?

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I guess we are all getting old and nothing seems to work like it once did, but I think the fuel we are using these days has a lot to do with it

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Hi Tiger and Norm,

I've always pushed any primer bulb in three times. This way you have cleared the lines of any trapped air and have nothing but fuel only throughout the whole system.

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Hey guys, thanks for your thoughts. It's always taken me 3 primes too but Victa say 1 prime or at least use to. Norm petrol was 1 variable that I hadn't even thought of but could well be a factor.

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The primer on a Victa only pushes air not fuel, it pressurises the fuel chamber which in turn forces fuel into the intake. One press would have to be in a perfect world somewhere under laboratory conditions.


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