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Post by lockhart on Nov 1, 2011 15:26:54 GMT
With the cold weather coming, a lot of diesel engines get harder to start. We tend to blame the glow plugs but somehow never get round to changing them. I know very little about engines(and mine, a 2.2 BMC is hard to start when cold) so when I recently saw someone starting a reluctant 2.5 BMC with just one spray from a can of 'Easy Start' down the side of the engine, and one pull of the starter, I was suitably impressed. a, Should I run out and buy a can? b, Where do you spray it? c, Does it do any harm?...'cos it seemed too good to be true so usually is! Nice but dim, Martin.
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Post by andy04 on Nov 1, 2011 15:40:46 GMT
Martin this stuff has been out for years but it is not recommended. Apparently it does do damage to your engine but what I do not know.
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Post by lockhart on Nov 1, 2011 15:45:20 GMT
Thanks Andy, I thought there might be a downside. I'll see what others think.
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Post by Roy on Nov 1, 2011 16:50:33 GMT
Hi Martin, Easy Start will start an engine just like that, but I think there are some side effects. One of the best people to answer this would be Billy...
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Post by billy on Nov 1, 2011 17:34:11 GMT
www.nulon.com.au/products/Aerosols/Start_Ya_Bastard_Instant_Engine_Starter/#Nitram, greetings from the misty marshes. Easy start or its Australia counterpart "start ya bark" will start your engine, but..................... because of its solvent nature it tends to de oil surfaces which leads to premature wear. It also softens carbon that builds up in a worn engine. The carbon actually helps compression as it fills in the gaps. So gradually the starting gets worse the more you use easy start, hence why they get "addicted" and need more and more. Of course on a new engine it would not have the same effect as there is little carbon build up but as it's new it starts OK so you don't need it. In an emergency you can get away with it and squirt a bit down the air intake. Not too much as it is very volatile. A hair dryer warming the air intake or even a carefully used blow lamp will also do the trick. As will a rag soaked in boiling water wrapped round the intake or a little bit of oil squirted down the bores to increase the compression. It is the heat of compressing the air that ignites the diesel and easy start ignites at a lower temperature or compression pressure. The other ways preheat the air and the oil fills the gaps and decreased the compressed volume a bit too. Any engine with glow plugs needs them to work properly to get it to start on the button in the cold, and even then it can take a go or two with smaller BMCs. Your servant Sir billy
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Post by lockhart on Nov 1, 2011 20:17:41 GMT
Thanks for that . My engine usually starts in the cold after 60 seconds on pre-heat and 20 or 30 seconds on the starter. (I don't know if this is unusual) That means the battery has to be well topped up. I think I might get a can just in case.
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Post by billy on Nov 1, 2011 22:31:31 GMT
No, that's about right for a well used BMC. Just old technology now. billy
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Post by rustymember on Nov 2, 2011 15:02:38 GMT
I had a little convo about this today and as long as you're not reliant on the stuff should be okay now and then to use though my li'l baby started today without any trouble
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