Perkins 4.236 - No start after 2 year layup

[ean_p]

Post 23. I’ll respond when I know the answer.

If you can put your batteries in series and give the starter ( yes 12v) a burst of 24v as that would spin it up nicely.......take care of any ancillary 12v equipment beforehand...!

 

[Tradewinds]

Mine had a stop solenoid - worth double checking that if yours has a push button to stop the engine. Also my start battery was an Exide 180amp - newish.

 

[fisherman]

I think the answer might be a blowtorch in the air inlet, and to crank the engine by using a screwdriver across the start solenoid terminals so you can do it all in the engine room.....easier to get someone to help though.

 

[fisherman]

Mine had a stop solenoid - worth double checking for that. Also my start battery was an Exide 180amp - newish.

Yes, and some solenoids are 'stop' by default and some are 'run', so, apply current for stop, or apply current for run. BUT he has fuel at the injectors and the stop solenoid stops the fuel, so it's in 'run'.

 

[Refueler]

I think the answer might be a blowtorch in the air inlet, and to crank the engine by using a screwdriver across the start solenoid terminals so you can do it all in the engine room.....easier to get someone to help though.

Perkins for many many years including when powering Tanks / Tractors / all sorts of gear - used the 'flame in intake' cold start ..

My 4-107 has the system that a small reservoir of diesel - I have a stiff tube that stands vertical of the glowplug fuel in ...
Press button until I hear a'POP' .. whiff of smoke curls out of air filter ........ press starter. Basically a 'burning' drop of diesel gets drawn in.

So the use of a 'flame' device is not so daft as first seems. I would suggest something a little less than a Blowtorch though.. maybe one of those little Propane Torches ?

I can remember before I went to sea - I had a lot of time with tractors ... Ford 3000 ... Fordson Major ... little Dexta etc. In winter it was not unusual to put a burning fuel soaked rag at the air intake .... let the engine draw in flame (but not rag of course!)

 

[penfold]

I think the answer might be a blowtorch in the air inlet, and to crank the engine by using a screwdriver across the start solenoid terminals so you can do it all in the engine room.....easier to get someone to help though.

IIRC they were available with the Lucas hotstart doohickey, which did a similar job; a weird device in the inlet manifold which combined a glowplug and a means of squirting fuel.

 

[Iliade]

I think the answer might be a blowtorch in the air inlet, and to crank the engine by using a screwdriver across the start solenoid terminals so you can do it all in the engine room.....easier to get someone to help though.

Probably true, but make sure you can get the revs back down while you are there, lest it sits at the governed max revs until you can get to the morse gear.