 | Andrew Lee Dyke - Automobiles - 1903 - 242 pages
...the charge too early, and thereby produce the same effect as shifting the igniter forward too quick. If this is the cause the pounding will cease as soon as the combustion chamber is cleared of the carbon deposit. Pre-ignition can be tested by throwing off the... | |
 | Leonard Elliott Brookes - Automobiles - 1905 - 328 pages
...will ignite the charge too early, and thereby produce the same effect as advancing the spark too much. If this is the cause the pounding will cease as soon as the carbon deposit is removed from the combustion chamber. Badly worn or broken piston-rings. Improper... | |
 | Leonard Elliott Brookes - Internal combustion engines - 1905 - 210 pages
...will ignite the charge too early, and thereby produce the same effect as advancing the spark too much. If this is the cause the pounding will cease as soon as the carbon deposit is removed from the combustion chamber. Badly worn or broken piston-rings. Improper... | |
 | Calvin Franklin Swingle - Engineering - 1906 - 490 pages
...will ignite the charge too early, and thereby produce the same effect as advancing the spark too much. If this is the cause the pounding will cease as soon as the carbon deposit is removed from the combustion chamber. Badly worn or broken piston-rings. improper... | |
 | Thomas Herbert Russell - Hydroplanes - 1917 - 264 pages
...If that is not the trouble, open the needle valve a little at a time, until it explodes regularly. Preignition. — Caused by sparking too soon, over-heated...of engine in screwing down on an uneven engine bed, throw7 ing the crankshaft bearings out of line. To prove this, loosen the leg screw and turn flywheel... | |
 | Leonard Elliott Brookes, James H. Stephenson - Automobiles - 1919 - 1320 pages
...will ignite the charge too early, and thereby produce the same effect as advancing the spark too much. If this is the cause the pounding will cease as soon as the carbon deposit is removed from the combustion chamber. Badly worn or broken piston-rings. Improper... | |
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... premature ignition. The carbon from the oil will deposit on the head of the piston in cakes and lumps, and will not only increase the compression but will get hot after running a short time and will ignite the charge too early, and thereby produce... 