2013-06-21

Cold-starting a Kia Pregio to be driven on waste frying oil is a hard task with worn-out glowplugs that need to be replaced soon. It's not even recommended to do that WD-40 trick (spraying WD-40 over the engine head and ignite it with a cigarette lighter) because the fumes would remain on the inside of the cab and the risk of it to caught fire. Our crazy driver shows me his alternative solution, a charcoal-fed beer-can stove.at the intake, just like a homemade equivalent to the Lucas ThermoStart pre-heater from the old Perkins 4.203 engines. Took a few minutes until it was hot enought, had to keep the key turned for other long 20 seconds or so, but it was then alive. With the cab heater bypassed due to a leaking heater core, some stout beer to help dealing with the cold weather left some more cans to be "recycled" in other "alternative" auto repairs.

2 comments:

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr a.k.a. Kamikaze said...

That might be frightening to perform a cold start under those conditions, but still sounds fun. Stay safe there bro, and beware of the wildlife.

Roger said...

Gotta love beer as the niggers do there. Well, I also own a Kia Pregio and it's not at its best shape too, it's currently only bump-starting, glowplugs also don't work so I have to keep it in an enclosed garage and using an electric blanket to pre-heat the engine, and the wiring needs to be replaced entirely.