If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.
With a manual, especially on below zero mornings, does depressing the clutch with the car in neutral assist in starting by reducing strain on the slow chemical process of the cold battery and the viscosity of cold oil combined?
Skunkworks said:
If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.
I think it would overheat.
And yes I think depressing the clutch would relieve some of the load on the starter motor and battery.
If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.
there would be a fire risk i guess but once the engine started the petrol would lubricate the cylinder walls and you’d probably seize the motor.
pushing the clutch in will disengage one shaft with gears in the gear box. slight inertial reduction .
Boris said:
pushing the clutch in will disengage one shaft with gears in the gear box. slight inertial reduction .
Wot I sed ;-)
Slight inertial reduction…
would should be wouldn’t.
i was backing you up with techno sounding references.
>>If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.<<
A VERY BIG BANG!
When Holden were first developing fuel injection, they fitted a crude version to a 308 V8 in their dyno room. During the attempt to start it, they unknowingly flooded it, a lot. Petrol washed down around the rings and into the sump. When the engine finally fired up, it ignited the fuel in the sump, detonated the engine block and blew the shit out of the dyno room.
>>With a manual, especially on below zero mornings, does depressing the clutch with the car in neutral assist in starting by reducing strain on the slow chemical process of the cold battery and the viscosity of cold oil combined?<<
Yes, but only a tiny amount.
Kingy said:
>>If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.<<A VERY BIG BANG!
When Holden were first developing fuel injection, they fitted a crude version to a 308 V8 in their dyno room. During the attempt to start it, they unknowingly flooded it, a lot. Petrol washed down around the rings and into the sump. When the engine finally fired up, it ignited the fuel in the sump, detonated the engine block and blew the shit out of the dyno room.
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?
imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
wookiemeister said:
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
Who would replace engine oil with petrol?
morrie said:
Kingy said:
>>If you drain the oil and replace it with petrol what is likely to happen when you restart the engine.<<A VERY BIG BANG!
When Holden were first developing fuel injection, they fitted a crude version to a 308 V8 in their dyno room. During the attempt to start it, they unknowingly flooded it, a lot. Petrol washed down around the rings and into the sump. When the engine finally fired up, it ignited the fuel in the sump, detonated the engine block and blew the shit out of the dyno room.
It is not so bad with diesel motors though. When I was a kid I had a job testing the oil from the bus fleet in Sydney. Some of those buses were running with oil that was mostly fuel. I don’t think any of them ever blew up, but the motors must have been in very bad shape.
wookiemeister said:
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
brett said:
Who would replace engine oil with petrol?
wookiemeister said:
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
Stealth said:
wookiemeister said:
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
Very cold areas have plug-in warmers for the cars.
you build a big plywood box and then put a layer of cheap insulation on it then top it off with some space blanket (mylar)
the doors get closed and the heat of the engine keeps the car warm over night rather than relying on a powersource to do it
the floor is raised from the dirt/concrete by beams and a thick sheet of plywood.
wookiemeister said:
Stealth said:
wookiemeister said:
i wonder if you could throw a big space age blanket over the car to keep the warmth in over night?imagine if you had an inflatable cover all silvery et and you drove in
you could have some plywood on the floor
Very cold areas have plug-in warmers for the cars.
ok what about thisyou build a big plywood box and then put a layer of cheap insulation on it then top it off with some space blanket (mylar)
the doors get closed and the heat of the engine keeps the car warm over night rather than relying on a powersource to do it
the floor is raised from the dirt/concrete by beams and a thick sheet of plywood.
morrie said:
wookiemeister said:
Stealth said:Very cold areas have plug-in warmers for the cars.
ok what about thisyou build a big plywood box and then put a layer of cheap insulation on it then top it off with some space blanket (mylar)
the doors get closed and the heat of the engine keeps the car warm over night rather than relying on a powersource to do it
the floor is raised from the dirt/concrete by beams and a thick sheet of plywood.
Lets pull into that motel.
Which one?
That one over there with the plywood boxes out the front.
Oh, cool, Um I mean warm.
you knock it up for your house
morrie said:
In Canada and other cold places, people plug the car into the electrical power grid overnight to keep the block from freezing. Motels provide power leads for this purpose.
I recall a story I read some time ago, where pilots flying into remote Arctic airstrips had do work out some way of keeping the aircraft piston engine warm so the oil wouldn’t freeze overnight, etc.
Some poor blokes got a bit enthusiastic and tried lighting fires under the engines, only to see the aeroplane catch fire.
AussieDJ said:
morrie said:
In Canada and other cold places, people plug the car into the electrical power grid overnight to keep the block from freezing. Motels provide power leads for this purpose.
How does that work? Is there an electric (heating) element built into the engine block?I recall a story I read some time ago, where pilots flying into remote Arctic airstrips had do work out some way of keeping the aircraft piston engine warm so the oil wouldn’t freeze overnight, etc.
Some poor blokes got a bit enthusiastic and tried lighting fires under the engines, only to see the aeroplane catch fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_heater