Small Motor Seasonal Starting Saga Solved?
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Winston wrote:
Joseph Gwinn wrote:
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Normally, I stop warming when the casting is detectably warm to the
touch, probably ~ 100 - 150 F.
It makes the 'nearly impossible' easy.
--Winston-- Keeps an extinguisher handy, too.
Or use a heat gun?
Much safer. Thanks!
This is further support for the theory that the issue is the evaporation
of volatile components of the gas.
That is what I was thinking. I remembered the bad old days of
carburated cars, when winter starts were difficult and summer
starts were relatively easy. I envisioned raw gas puddling in
the cylinder vs. gas vapor doing the 'ignition thing'.
I never had this problem with automobiles, probably (I guess) because I
always bought the largest battery that would fit, all the better to
crank with.
Joe Gwinn
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