Can you push start a smart?

[Westfield 11]

Re: the dead battery post, can you bump start a smart by pushing it or rolling down a hill?

[24-42]

Originally Posted by Westfield 11

Re: the dead battery post, can you bump start a smart by pushing it or rolling down a hill?

YES !

Donald LaFavor

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by Westfield 11

Re: the dead battery post, can you bump start a smart by pushing it or rolling down a hill?

Any computer controlled engine that exists through a cat you run a risk of killing the cat with a minor blast caused by raw fuel getting lit off there.
I will pass thanks
karl

[Kysmart]

I have a question. Or two. Does the ECU know that you are in 'start' mode if the key is left in the run position? In start mode I assume the air/fuel ratio is modified. If the battery is dead forget it. The alternator will not help you, you will have no fuel pump and so on. But I think the actual question is a situation where the battery is too low to spin the starter. Since there is no clutch pedal, the normal way to decouple the starting motor on a push start, do you move the lever to neutral? How fast is that process? I suspect that is also an electric motor to make that change. As for raw fuel, this does not appear much different than the cylinder discharge in a situation where the car will not start because of a wet ignition. This is speculation on my part and I hope to learn more.

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by Kysmart

I have a question. Or two. Does the ECU know that you are in 'start' mode if the key is left in the run position? In start mode I assume the air/fuel ratio is modified. If the battery is dead forget it. The alternator will not help you, you will have no fuel pump and so on. But I think the actual question is a situation where the battery is too low to spin the starter. Since there is no clutch pedal, the normal way to decouple the starting motor on a push start, do you move the lever to neutral? How fast is that process? I suspect that is also an electric motor to make that change. As for raw fuel, this does not appear much different than the cylinder discharge in a situation where the car will not start because of a wet ignition. This is speculation on my part and I hope to learn more.

try search this has all been beaten to death

[24-42]

Originally Posted by Kysmart

I have a question. Or two. Does the ECU know that you are in 'start' mode if the key is left in the run position? In start mode I assume the air/fuel ratio is modified. If the battery is dead forget it. The alternator will not help you, you will have no fuel pump and so on. But I think the actual question is a situation where the battery is too low to spin the starter. Since there is no clutch pedal, the normal way to decouple the starting motor on a push start, do you move the lever to neutral? How fast is that process? I suspect that is also an electric motor to make that change. As for raw fuel, this does not appear much different than the cylinder discharge in a situation where the car will not start because of a wet ignition. This is speculation on my part and I hope to learn more.

ROLL STARTING

1. Foot on brake
2. Ign. on
3. Shift to Neutral
4. shift to + and hold, 'N' changes to '1'
5. Foot off brake put accelerator to floor
6. Begin rolling
7 car starts

Donald LaFavor



You don't need a really steep hill nor high speed
Works for me.

[Westfield 11]

I live on a hill and will try this tomorrow. It's a good tool to have in your kit if the starter won't work for whatever reason.

[Evilution]

http://www.evilution.co.uk/index.php...=82&men=Engine

It's in the manual.

[JPaul]

Being neither technophile nor technophobe, just technologically inclined, I'm tempted to say "read the fine manual". But I do understand that some manuals are difficult to read, let alone understand. Is this the case here? (I'm still waiting for delivery...)

[a2jack]

JPaul: Manual is better than most. But any car manual is, at least, worth one or two reads just to know where to find things.

A2Jack