No injector adjustment???

[Rawze]

(11-12-2019 )Hammerhead Wrote:  

(11-11-2019 )Rawze Wrote:  Hammerhead mentioned some guys resorting to draining their oil when shutting down at those arctic temps, keeping oil inside where it is warm .. pouring the warm oil back into engine when needing to crank it up again in that type of cold.

I thought that was interesting as an alternative to a block or oil pan heater of some sort when in a pinch.

I'm pretty sure we were drinking beer when I told you about this...
It's actually an old bush pilot radial engine trick. The engines are air cooled, and they drain the oil while it's warm into a steel pail when they land and keep it warm in the cabin by the fire overnight. Dump it back in warm in the morning so the engine will start.
If I was leaving a big truck outside for an extended period of days in the winter, I would, wait one year while I didn't have a shop, I did this. When it was time to fire up I ran the webasto to heat the coolant, dumped warm oil in, and she fired like nothing!

Gotta love that beer .. It teaches us things we never knew ....

BTW: Zeffra said she already misses our fun, BullS$it beer-drinking philosophical discussions LoL ...