[jhein]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

It doesn't quite work that way.
Cranking to get oil pressure to activate the pump will take just as long to start as a mechanical pump deal filling the carb.
What the idea of those switches assume is that there is already fuel in the carb, as there should be, don't know why you guys are going dry but that's a different problem. Anyway with fuel in the carb and in the squirter circuit, the car will fire off on that, it doesn't need fuel pressure, and once it fires off, oil pressure builds and turns on the pump. That's how they typically work.

As far as the pump running when you turn the key on, it doesn't flood the carb. If it is you have a needle and seat problem, again a different issue.

Thanks FJ. When you set these up what you do for the safety switch, sounds like you may use the oil pressure type?

As for starting up, my car right now starts instantly if it has been run in the last 72 hrs. I like it so much I even posted a video about it, LOL. After 3 days though, it gets dry. I think that's probably normal for a Qjet. If it was a DD, it would always fire up instantly. If I went with the oil pressure switch, then putting a bypass switch in the car would take care of priming after a 3 day rest and also if the oil pressure switch fails. BTW, do you know if they fail open or closed? Or is the failure thing even realistic or overblown?