In article , Duncan McC (NZ) wrote:
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"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was wondering
if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors and lit them
if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the fuel better.
Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!

I was living in korea for a while with an older jeep cj-7 with a diesel
conversion. The glow plugs were broken and i couldnt get replacements for
winter. The temp got down to about -20C. I carried a small propane torch
and the way i got it started (first crank every time) was to remove the air
filter hose from the intake on the manifold and heat the air as it went in.
There was no direct contact with the flame and any engine part, but the hot
air warmed up the diesel fuel enough to make good things happen. got bored
wiht it pretty quick, but a great trick to know.

Why risk ingesting something into the combustion chamber? I have done
similar with a burning bit of rag (soaked in diesel) and just held that
infront of the air filter. It works.


What you are doing is making the engine breathe warm air as it starts.

You could accomplish the same thing with an electric hair dryer and have no
fire risk.