| Re:< Note 899.10 by AVANT::DEAN >
You may as well ask: Which is the best religion?
Actually its almost the same question. Engine starting
rituals are as personal as anything religion.
That doesn't mean we can't have a fun discussion, so I'll
give me my 2 centr worth:
I have found the new Ni-Starter to be as reliable a
glow-plug driver as you can find. It HAS to be the new ones with
the steel tube. The old ones can shake off the plug and cause
serious injury as it falls into the prop.
Two strokes and four strokes are started differently:
I start two strokes by first priming them at full
throttle with the glow plug OFF and a finger covering the carb.
All it takes is about three flips after fuel starts flowing.
Then a flip or two without the finger on the carb. THEN I sttach
the glow plug and take the throttle down close to idle. Some
engines like full idle, others more throttle. You simply have to
get to understand what your engine wants, Next you flip the prop
with a chicken stick, a heavily gloved finger or an electric
starter and the thing fires up. If it is less than 20 degrees
there's a 99% chance it will be running backwards. I do
something you should NEVER do to get it running the right way. I
throttle back to very slow idle and slow the engine a bit by
holding the spinner. Just abover stalling RPM the engine will
kick around the other way and start running perfectly. A
preferable way is to flip the prop in the reverse direction whan
it is cold. It will probably start the right way. Preferable is
to use an electric starter when its cold.
For four stokes I chose one of two methods. The lazy one
is to open the throttle about 1/4 and crank it with an electric
starter until it fires up. Of course the glow plug has to be
attached. The other method is to prime the engine as the two
strokes, then attach the glow plug, set the throttle at the
engine's preferential setting and finally flipping the prop the
reverse direction into the compression point. DON'T try to flip
it through the compression, just into it. Also make sure you are
adequately protected. Many four strokes need a bit of warming up
before you can detach the glow plug and throttle back to idle.
Everybody else starts differently, lets hear!
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| I ran into some problems starting my OS 1.2 4-stroke which is mounted
upright in my Super Sportster 90. The problem is that the choke
will not pull fuel up to the intake valve because it is up hill
an inch or so. The fuel just falls out of the carb intake when
you release the choke. This started a fire once when the engine
backfired through the carb. The solution was to prime it through
the exhaust with a squirt of fuel. (Glow driver removed) I then
turn it over backwards to pull the fuel into the cylinder, attach
the glow driver, and flip it forwards. (I don't usually have a
starter) A glove is advised with this mother. Before I learned
to prime it through the exhaust, I had a hard time starting it but
now it starts easily. By the way, the choke on my OS91 works fine
with the engine mounted sideways since the fuel doesn't fall out
and gets pulled into the intake.
Anker's 2-stroke technique is identical to mine. I have found
that 40 degrees is about the coldest that my 2-strokes will start
easily without a starter. The trick is to get plenty of fuel into
them. Methanol does not vaporize well in cold weather which makes
starting more difficult.
Charlie
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