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Originally Posted by EarlyPorsche
Lots of small diesels have compression release
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Yup.
My bro's 1964 Cheoy Lee sailboat is sporting the original Volvo MD-1, 1 cylinder diesel engine. We call it the one-lung'r.
The compression release is nothing more than a lever on the valve cover that forces one of the valves to remain open. You press the starter button, wait a few moments for the starter (doubles duty as the generator) to spin up the massive flywheel, flip down the compression release and she chug, chug chugs to life.