To run engine or not ?

[penberth3]

Cranking the engine to get the oil round first sounds like a good idea but (displaying my poor understanding of diesel engines here) how does one stop it from firing? On a petrol I'd remove the plug leads I guess but how does that work with compression ignition...

Crank with the stop control in the "stop" position. Easy when it was a knob and cable, not so easy with a solenoid but it can be done if you really want to.

 

[Refueler]

Yes, but I was refering to a watertrap after the injection bend.

In all fairness - that fact is only given later .... it was not mentioned in your first post of cranking. A newcomer to boating could end up hydrolocked by not understanding ...

 

[Robih]

In all fairness - that fact is only given later .... it was not mentioned in your first post of cranking. A newcomer to boating could end up hydrolocked by not understanding ...

not really relevant to the topic.

 

[Refueler]

not really relevant to the topic.

Maybe that should be addressed to 'Plum' ....

 

[Refueler]

Why ? I wasn't the one to introduce the 'crank to get oil round' ...... I just responded to it.

 

[Biggles Wader]

Is this the five minute argument or the full four days?

 

[PaulRainbow]

Is this the five minute argument or the full four days?

Refueler is involved, so it's five weeks.

 

[Refueler]

Refueler is involved, so it's five weeks.

Ha bloody Ha ...

Pot and Kettle.