HINT FOR QUICK STARTING
Easy engine starting on cold mornings is always appreciated by motorists who have once experienced trouble in this direction, and particularly by those who own motor vehicles which are prone to be stubborn on frosty mornings. A useful tip that will frequently help to facilitate starting is, when putting the vehicle away for the night, to turn off the petrol ami to run the engine for a minute or two (with the garage door open to guard against exhaust fumes) until the float chamber of
the carburettor is emptied and the engine stops. It will be found that starting up with fresh petrol from the tank is much easier than with stalo petrol that has been lying in the carburettor for hours.
The chief reason for the quicker starting is that petrol left for any length of time in the float chamber, which is invariably hot from heat conducted from the engine, definitely loses its lighter fractions, which evaporate while the engine is cooling off after a run. This reduces the volatility of the fuel in the float chamber, and frequently is the cause of slow starting. With fresh petrol run into the carburettor from the tank, one at least is not confronted with the problem of making a cold engine fire on relatively heavy spirit.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 147, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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220HINT FOR QUICK STARTING Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 147, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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