View Single Post
Old 05-04-2011, 01:02 PM   #66 (permalink)
Daox
Administrator
 
Daox's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 11,203

CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E
90 day: 51.49 mpg (US)

Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
Team Toyota
90 day: 49.53 mpg (US)

Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 64.33 mpg (US)

Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE
Mitsubishi
90 day: 56.69 mpg (US)

Daox's Volt - '13 Chevrolet Volt
Thanks: 2,501
Thanked 2,587 Times in 1,554 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
  • 2) let the clutch out part way, smoothly & relatively quickly, only as far as needed to spin up the motor
  • 3) immediately depress the clutch as soon as the engine spins up

The key is to let the clutch pedal out for a very short time and then press it back in.

You have to bump start with the key on so the engine starts up!
__________________
Current project: A better alternator delete
  Reply With Quote