SelwayKid wrote:

And how about just using the primer to pump gas direct into the intake
to keep it running a little while? Have used that technique at least
twice over my 45 years of flying.

I can't see how that can possibly work. Carb ice blocks the induction in the
area of
the butterfly valve. It doesn't matter how much gas you pump into the
manifold, if
the induction is blocked by ice, there won't be any air getting in.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

For what it's worth, I found when the carberator heat cable broke on the Mooney
Ranger I was flying, I had to significantly lean the engine to get the mixture
to the place where it'd fire and let me limp along to the nearest airport I
could get into.