[SEL] The McVickerish Engine

[Patrick Livingstone]

Crossley kerosene engines govern on not opening the fuel valve which means
no valves are open when they are missing.  My Bartram also works on not
opening the intake valve.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> There's a lot of hit & miss engines that don't hold a valve open.
> The Lorenz is one.  The only time the engine fires is when the intake valve
> is
> opened to admit a fuel charge.  They run beautifully.
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> On Mon, March 22, 2010 3:46 pm, Kangas, James G. wrote:
> > How can this engine be a hit and miss when it sounds like the engine must
> hit in
> > order to operate the exhaust valve?It would seem if the engine doesn't
> fire and no
> > valve is being held open the engine would quickly slow to a stop.
>
>
>
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Patrick M Livingstone
Leichhardt NSW
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