# Prime your fuel lines!

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851
**Category:** What Not To Do
**Created:** [July 17, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851 "2015-07-17T19:09:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![sabbadess](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/sabbadess/32/2837_2.png) [@sabbadess](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sabbadess)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851/1 "2015-07-17T19:09:13Z")

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Hi Wood Gassers,

Most of you know that I recently threw my back out badly. Here is what I should have done to avoid the problem:

![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7fEPZf_F1aY/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/7fEPZf_F1aY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

Priming the fuel delivery hose is especially critical for small engines. At the Seal Cove demo I started the machine about a dozen times and never ran out of starting battery power or had to use the pull cord.

Stephen

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### Author: ![Matt](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/matt/32/11298_2.png) [@Matt](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851/2 "2015-07-17T19:39:05Z")

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I refuse to pull start a wood gas system just is not going to happen. 😄

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### Author: ![tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/tritowns/32/11252_2.png) [@tritowns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tritowns)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851/3 "2015-07-17T19:52:23Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-TKIGIjkiuI/hqdefault.jpg "Wood gas genset starts on first pull") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TKIGIjkiuI)

yup

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### Author: ![sabbadess](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/sabbadess/32/2837_2.png) [@sabbadess](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sabbadess)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851/4 "2015-07-17T19:54:41Z")

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Come on Matt! Those V-8’s in your shop aren’t that big!! 😀

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### Author: ![Matt](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/matt/32/11298_2.png) [@Matt](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/prime-your-fuel-lines/1851/5 "2015-07-17T19:56:12Z")

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Yeah Im right there with ya on the back thing, it dont take much and Im down for the count. Cant afford that 😄