01-10-2019, 09:31 PM
On a first cold start I usually fill the carburtettor bowl using the lever on the pump. (The working of the pump can be felt - if not, turn the engine over once on the handle.) Or I begin by turning the engine over 12 x half turns on the handle with the choke in, which both fills the carb bowl and circulates oil round the engine.
Then I put on full choke and turn over the engine eight half turns (sucks fuel/air mix into each cylinder).
With the ign on, it usually starts first pull on the handle.
Jim Young, an old timer in the PWA7C, suggested this method to me twenty years ago - I think something like it is written down in the Austin literature somewhere?
Once warm, the engine starts easily on the starter.
Colin
Then I put on full choke and turn over the engine eight half turns (sucks fuel/air mix into each cylinder).
With the ign on, it usually starts first pull on the handle.
Jim Young, an old timer in the PWA7C, suggested this method to me twenty years ago - I think something like it is written down in the Austin literature somewhere?
Once warm, the engine starts easily on the starter.
Colin