Method for starting a combustion engine having a starter apparatus

A method for starting a combustion engine having a starter device, the combustion engine being part of a combustion engine arrangement which includes:

• an intake channel for conducting an air/fuel mixture to said combustion engine;
• said combustion engine having a cylinder and a spark plug and said cylinder and said piston conjointly defining a combustion chamber wherein said air/fuel mixture is compressed by said piston and ignited by said spark plug;
• said combustion engine including a crankshaft operatively connected to said piston so as to permit said piston to impart rotation to said crankshaft;
• a fuel system including a fuel channel opening into said intake channel and said fuel channel being configured to conduct a fuel amount to said intake channel;
• said fuel system further including an electric fuel valve mounted in said fuel channel;
• said electric fuel valve being switchable between a nonenergized state wherein said fuel valve is open and clears said fuel channel and an energized state wherein an operating voltage (U) is applied thereto and said fuel channel is closed so that said fuel channel is blocked and no fuel can be drawn by suction into said intake channel;
• an electronic control unit for driving said electric fuel valve and for triggering an ignition spark at said spark plug;
• an ignition generator driven by said crankshaft and configured as an electric energy supplier to consumers including said electronic control unit and said electric fuel valve;
• the method comprising the step of:
• applying said electric energy of said ignition generator, which is generated with the beginning rotation of said crankshaft, to first close said electric fuel valve before said electronic control unit triggers an ignition spark at said spark plug.