[VintageLambo] Re: Cold weather starting...

Hi Bill - Try to install a coolant warmer/block heater, before getting silly with the ether, esp. having such an expensive engine. How effective would this be with an alloy block I wonder? I am sure you have seen the type that are fitted in the hoses. Use ether as a last resort, and not frequently. I notice that using the ether makes a DIESEL engine race up a bit for a few seconds, does this occur on a cold V12 also? I think ether works very nicely on a cranky mother-in-law. Aaron (#0586) ----- Original Message ----- From: wspohn4@aol.com To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [VintageLambo] Re: WAS: V 12 Jalpa. NOW: Herman vs. Laust. In a message dated 12/19/02 4:14:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, mirror@interfold.com writes: Remove the left air cleaner, turn on the motor and let the bowls fill, stick the bottle down by the V-stacks and spritz each hole a bit. Crank it and it should start right up. Be very careful about spritzing while cranking, flashback is likely. Once it"s moving nicely, return the air cleaner cover and off you go. You can also just blast it into the mouth of the filter housing. Firing on ether can be a bit hard on the mechanicals, though. Bill