Re: [MV] Cold weather starting aids

From: Cliff Smith (mtnbikinssgt@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2002 - 15:19:26 PST

Steve and List;  I was just going to suggest something close to the carb cleaner trick.  I have used anything (lubes, cleaners and such) to get an engine (both diesel and gas) started.  The only thing I would suggest is to stay away from things that leave their mark, ie paints.  Its all worked for me and no runaway engines either.  Just look on any of your cans of aerosol that you have that say "extremely flammable", but try to use a lube spray.

Cliff Smith
'70 Tan USMC M151A2
From: "Steve & Jeanne Keith"
To: (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
Subject: Re: [MV] Cold weather starting aids
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:25:26 -0500
hey youse guys with these diesels, can you use carb cleaner which you can
use in place of ether
on a gas engine?
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "jonathon"
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Cold weather starting aids
>
> >. A "small dose" of ether (a small dose for
> >me is about one second from a normal aerosol can) may be enough to run
the
> >engine for one or two cycles and it should be under governor control
after
> >that.
>
> My flame primer (from a Perkins engnie) that is on my Cummins 4BT died
> while away from home and I was no where near a plug for the block heater.
It
> would roll over fine but would not show any sign of wanting to fire. Three
> times, each morning that is, I started the thing with a shot of ether.
Let
> me describe how small a shot, from 4 feet away I let off the quickest
spirt
> that I possibly could aimed at the air intake, then ran around and tried
to
> start it. It took about 2 revolutions and it fired right off. The knocking
> noise it made for a second or two after it started running was cause for
> concern but it never "took off" on it's own as some suggest.. Experiance
> with other diesels also suggests that an extremely small amount often does
> the trick and to much will result in very unpleasant knocking noises if
not
> actually locking up the engine such that it won't roll over tdc because
the
> ether fired before that, seen this on an old tractor that won't start even
> in warm weather without ether.
>
> later,
>
> je
>
>
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