Using The Engine; Starting The Engine - Sole Diesel MINI 17 Instruction Manual

6. USING THE ENGINE

6.0 GENERAL WARNINGS
Refer to heading 1.3 for safety information.

6.1 STARTING THE ENGINE

For MINI-17/26/29/33/44/55 engines
STARTING THE ENGINE
a) Place control lever at the neutral point.
b) Rotate the ignition key to position "ON"
Check oil pressure, battery charge lamps are lighted and the alarm is heard
(refer to heading 2.5.1 for lamps position).
c) Pre-heating of incandescent spark plugs.
Rotate ignition key to position "pre-heating" and hold in this position for a
maximum of 6 seconds.
d) Starting.
Place the remote control lever to neutral point and deliver gas up to the half
position, rotate the ignition key to the "START" position until the engine starts
running. If the engine does not start running, even with the ignition key in the
"START" position for10 seconds, draw your hand out from the key for
30seconds and then try again to start the engine, if necessary heating again the
glow plugs.
warning!
Do not run the starter motor for more than 20 seconds at a time
Once the engine has started, release the ignition key, allowing it to
automatically return to the "ON" (running)position and disconnecting the starter
motor. Immediately adjust the accelerator to prevent the engine reaching high-
speed. When the engine is running, do not turn the ignition key to the "START"
position as this would seriously damage the starter motor.
After the starting operation, check oil pressure and battery charge lamps are
switched off.
e) Heating.
Heat the engine for approx 5 minutes, allowing it to run with no-load at half feed.
If engine is heated, the pre-heating operations should not be done. In this case,
directly rotate the ignition key to the "START" position until the engine is
running.
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