Well yeah of course they play a role, unless they are all burned out. LOL I have seen that before too.. "Darn engine wont start, only one cylinder seems to be trying to run.. where all that white smoke coming from?" Pretty soon they start firing one by one. but to do it your cranking with your foot on the floor. The injectors fire right on the glow plugs in a GM diesel, so the idea is the glowplugs get hot when the piston comes up and the fuel fires onto that hot glowplug it is immediatly vaporized from the heat. The fuel immediatly around the glowplugs starts to burnwhich immediatly starts building heat and pressure which ignites the rest of the fuel. This is a bit(tiny bit) slower then the process once the engine is warmed up which is why the timing has to be advanced a bit more during the cold operation. As you might imagine clogged injectors with distorted spray patterns might have an affect on how well this works.
Bryan Fullerton White Knight Gifts www.youcandobusiness.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "desertstallion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: RE: [biofuel] cold weather starting - No starting fluid! > Do you think the glow plugs have any role in this? As I said, I have seen > the use of starter fluid allowed, even encouraged by manufacturers of Diesel > engines that do not have glow plugs. Could this have a role in whether or > not someone should use starter fluid? It would seem to me that glow plugs > would make pre-ignition more likely. > > Derek > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Fullerton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 19:50 > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] cold weather starting - No starting fluid! > > Of Course the manuals say not to use ether along with other legal jargon and > this is exactly why they say not to use it. Because they can't regulate HOW > people use it. You think they want to have to do warranty work because > someone else screwed up? If you dont understand how ether/startingfluid > works you shouldn't be using it. > Had his engine been cranking faster 1 of 2 things different would have > happened: > 1. More then likely his engine would have started without the use of the Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
