FITTING UP AND STARTING A NEW ENGINE II 



fully cleaned so that the oil may reach the place it is in- 

 tended to lubricate. All the bearings should be oiled, the 

 oil cups being filled with good machine oil or cylinder oil. 

 Where the oil box is large enough, it should be filled 

 with a little wool or cotton waste in order to keep out the 

 dirt, and to retain the oil. Good cylinder oil must be used 

 in the lubricator or oil pump. It is a good plan in start- 

 ing a new engine, or one that has been idle for some time, 

 to lubricate all bearings at first with a mixture of equal 

 parts of kerosene and machine oil. The engine may be 

 then run a few minutes and afterwards lubricated with un- 

 thinned oil, but it should not be put to work until this has 

 been done. 



Starting the Engine Proper. When the gage shows 

 about forty pounds of steam, the cylinder cocks should be 

 opened and the engine started, the throttle being opened 

 gradually so that the water which has condensed and col- 

 lected in the cylinder may have a chance to escape. The 

 reverse lever should be handled as explained elsewhere in 

 this book. If the engine does not start when the throttle 

 is opened, possibly the governor stem has been screwed 

 down sufficiently to shut off the steam. This sometimes 

 occurs in transportation. As soon as the engine is run- 

 ning, care should be taken to see that the oil-pump or lub- 

 ricator is started properly. The bearings should be felt 

 of to determine any tendency to heat. 



In starting the engine, it must be borne in mind that 



