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2. Then turn the car upside down and pull the pullstarter rapidly until all
the excess fuel has emptied onto the floor through the glowplug hole. Make
sure you do this outside safely. This process is really only necessary when
the engine is cold or brand new and tight.
Refit the plug ensuring the copper gasket washer is also refitted. Wind it
all the way in and then re-wind 1 to 1.5 turns. This allows gases to escape
thus lowering the engines initial compression.
3. Start engine. Add fuel to the fuel tank using a suitable fuel bottle.
Use a glow plug heater to ignite the engine plug as illustrated and start
to pull the the pull starter (be careful not to extend too far as mentioned
previously). Ensure you have a small amount of carburetor open (around
2mm) to allow for air intake to help starting.
IMPORTANT
– make sure the car is secured or off the ground while
attempting to start.
The engine will run “lumpily” or stop after a few seconds so try and
keep it running by blipping the throttle. Tighten the glowplug while the
engine is running if possible. If the engine has stalled restart with the plug
tightened. The above procedure should always be followed from cold or if
difficulty with starting is being experienced.
4. Stopping the engine. To stop
the engine either use a stop tool to
cover the exhaust outlet or use a
flywheel stop tool.
IMPORTANT
– Do not use fingers
as the exhaust will be HOT and the
flywheel ROTATING!
Warning! Flooding of the
Engine
The most common cause of engine and pullstarter damage is from the
‘flooding” of the engine or a hydro-lock. More accurately this is too much
fuel inside the engines crankcase causing the piston to lock. The piston rises
to the top of the combustion chamber and instead of compressing a gas i.e.
fuel/air mixture it has to try and compress a liquid, fuel only, which isn’t
possible. This puts massive strain on the piston, conrod and crankshaft as
well as the starter. Invariably one component will fail, usually the conrod
causing massive damage to the engines internals.
To avoid flooding the engine, always start the engine from cold using the
methods mentioned above and if at any time the engine becomes difficult to
turn over with the pullstarter, then remove the glowplug and empty all
excess fuel out and start again. The pullstarter assembly can only be
damaged by either over extension or a flooded engine. So if you break a pull
start this is possible warning of a flooded engine.
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