STARTING FROM COLD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 7

STARTING FROM COLD.

A USEFUL TIP. It is often very interesting to watch owners of big singles starting from cold, especially at a time when tho weather has rendered the oil sufficiently thick to create difficulty, say s a writer in "The Motor Cycle." There is tho person who carries a medicine bottle of petrol which is poured into the cylinder m generous quantities. Sometimes ho will gtvo two or even three injections befoie achieving the desired result, which is usually preceded bv a terrific bang in the silencer. Then "there is the man who disdains to prime, preferring to use brute force. Having become very moist and expended a great deal of energy, he usually succeeds after the umpteenth kick. For the benefit of these and others, tbi following tip is given. If the -uSno is very stiff, raise the exhaust valve and turn the engine over once or twice No violent effort need be put into this operation. ><ow dr>i> the •" °ve Hfter and depress the k,ok barter mit'il the compression is felt. Riu»e S Exhaust valve and further depress JeSter pedal about an inch to two Scl.cs This has a decompressor _ effort driving part of the charge out ot *i -vhniist Port. Release the valve ifLrand allow the kick-starter to reIf to he top of its stroke. . Swing tuni to impression, which can no ; e SVbo G do C n°e, P and it should start \T° V the exhaU valve, swinging the lifting the ex»«*». t , vah . e , as a engine ™*J\fl%? n i.-.to the engine diluted with 3ir sucked -« exhaust valve.