Our '65 Cherokee seems to like 2 or 3 shots of prime before cranking, with
the primer left out during cranking. When the engine catches, slowly put the
prime in. I've tried variations with the above yielding the least cranking.
We do have Tanis heater and are hangered in a "heated" (read at least above
freezing...) community hanger.

We're hoping to fly the club's 182 to Indiana Christmas day & back the next.
Not sure, as cold as it is here. That 182 is hard starting cold. Yet to find
a good technique for that animal...


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Jim Rosinski wrote:

Be darned if I know why this (waiting between cranks) works, but it
does. If anyone knows why or even has a theory, I'd love to hear it.
Jim Rosinski

You're hitting the primer before cranking? That loads the induction system
with
raw gas, basically flooding the engine. When you wait a bit, some of that
gas
vaporizes and the engine starts more easily.

Try this. Pull the primer back but don't prime the engine. Hit the starter
and
while the starter is turning the engine, give it three shots of primer. On
real
cold days, it may take four. That gets my O-320 going every time.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble
enterprise.