I have a single pot Bukh, it has no glow plug so the Aerostart presumably ignites by compression just like diesel oil does.
If this is so where does the Aerostart cause a problem ?. I'm interested because the Bukh handbook states that a
'starting aid' can be used, it should be sprayed for 2 or 3 seconds and stopped as soon as the engine fires.
This is in the section that deals with manual starting. I often use it but a spray of 1 second is sufficient. So, what
do I do.????
No LC it does not state a product as such, merely that a starting aid can be sprayed into the air intake. Having read the item again, it's advising to do it in cold weather. I don't know if Australian weather is cold enough to warrant it, although right now it seems cold to me. I just wanted to make starting easier on the engine but if it's detrimental I'll cease using it (aerostart that is).
In that case they possibly do mean Aerostart, as for Australia being cold, I don't think we qualify. While we may not be as comfortable as we would maybe like to be it's hardly Arctic, cold to me is Denmark, Sweden and all those other countries up there that I left behind all those years ago ....that was cold.
Still working on the engine.
No definitive answer yet but will let you know.
Thanks to all who contributed.
Just saw this pic HG. Looks terrible. I suppose the effect of this is clouds of blue smoke, would that be right??.
No I don't have to use it HG. I think I was suffering from what someone termed "Aerostart addiction" so I've stopped it.
Although to be fair, the engine needed attention because it was hard to start ( had to turn it
over far too long before it fired) but it's all OK now.