Two things- I have to keep my car on the road through winter, although I don't have to drive it every day, car still has to be available to me, due to my wife getting a job and needing the Cavalier every day. Second, I finally found a good Indie Mechanic close to home, and took car to him this morning to check out my cold start blues.

So, his diagnosis is to get rid of series glow plugs and go 12V parallel (duh!). He claims it will work WITHOUT changing the relay. I'm skeptical about this- we'll see what happens. Also, he's going to adjust my valves, replace thermostat and install a block heater. All the right stuff. He also thinks my starter is cranking fast enough, so that's good, but thinks I have way too much blow-by- not good, but car has plenty of power so I'm not opting for a new engine at this point.

Here's my question- he also recommended I put a "gasoline primer" on the intake for cold starts. It has a little tank to hold gasoline mized with some 2-stroke oil, and you pull a knob on the dash while cranking to spray a bit of the gas in- guaranteed to make it start, so he sez. I have never heard of such a thing and have never seen it come up on this Forum. He sez "no ether"- it will crack pistons, but it sounds just like an ether kit that uses 2-stroke gas mix instead.

Anybody know anything about this arrangement, or have I been BS'd?

Dave

1976 White 300D W115 "Pearl"