[Vwdiesel] Re: Eastern European Starting Fluid

[Shalyn Shourds]

Dad talks about seeing something like that in India.  They'd tie a rag 
to a stick, soak it in Diesel, then light it up at the intake.  He told 
me this story as we were trying it out on a dead Diesel Volvo.  May work 
on a cold engine, but doesn't work on a zero compression engine.

Also found out that if you're going to use a pair of old underwear for a 
torch, pull the elastic off.  Makes drops of burning rubber that get 
everywhere.  Not good.

-Shalyn


alstum wrote:

 A missionary I met told me what he saw in Poland when his host started 
his diesel one very cold morning. The guy removed the cover from the air 
cleaner. There was no air filter. He took crumpled paper and built a 
small fire in the air cleaner, slapped the cover back on and his diesel 
fired right up. No details on what kind of a diesel it was.
   This would not work too well with a VW diesel, but would a propane 
torch warming up the air going into the air cleaner work in an 
emergency? Hopefully one would have a fire extinguisher handy? MAPP gas 
would probably be too hot.
   My son's Dodge Cummings had an electric heating element in the air 
intake that did the same job, and his engine started fine in very cold 
weather.
   My two cents for today!
Al
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