While waiting for the kettle to boil, also put a little oil on the piston/cylinder assembly as well as the flywheel assembly to reduce friction.
Boil the kettle and fill a bucket of cold water outside and place it near to your steam engine. Therefore, to stop your engine getting wet, try to use a funnel when pouring water into the boiler.īelow is a guide to the procedures you need to do to get your engine running in the correct order too (this is presuming you have all of the above equipment above). Getting the water into the engine can be quite messy if you do not have a funnel to aim the water into. Therefore, as well as wasting your time, you will be wasting the lifespan of your fuel and will most likely end up having to put more fuel in. Although you could put cold water into the Mamod and light the fuel below the boiler, it will take far too long for the water to get to a temperature to make the engine run. Therefore, I always wear some sort of gloves as protection from the heat. Another necessity for me, if you want to play with your engine and use things such as the whistle, it can get quite hot and can burn you. For this reason, I always make sure there is a cold bucket of water nearby just in case of the worst situation possible where I need to put out a fire. Oil, for me, is a necessity to get all the moving parts flowing freely without friction. Remember that fuel tablets are generally the safest to use since the methylated spirit flame is invisible. Look at the ‘ Fuel For Your Engine‘ section to see the ranges of fuel your Mamod can use with prices. 
The fuel you can use can vary from methylated spirit to gel to tablets. You are burning fuel so never steam an engine up inside.
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