starting the big Austral oil engine. The Ray Keys engine

I am a big fan of these old magnificent oil engines. Well done indeed for salvaging it. I could watch and listen to it running all day. We used to have one at our farm.

This old engine could run 24 7 and still not even think of stopping a beat. Cool how it's still here after decades of life.

Ljudi moji ovo je praznik za uši i oči, milina jedna. Prosta mašina ne proizvodi buku, može da radi sve dok traje gorivo. Hvala za video, pozdrav iz Srbije.

Antique Low stress heavy duty machines like these are fascinating and fun to watch in action !

Nothing better than "Old Iron"! Just can't get enough of these. Thanks for Sharing. Stay Safe.

That is awesome. It's been running for almost a hundred years and probably will be running in a hundred more. I hope Ford is watching this

That is SO cool! As someone that went to school 40 years ago on compression/ignition engines, it still fascinates me to watch the start-up and run process of these venerable motors. This one kind'a reminds me of the classic war movie 'Guns Of Navarone' when 'Butcher Brown' was trying to start the old boat CI engine and had that old torch on the cylinder head trying to get that combustion chamber hot enough to fire off. Back in the day, sometimes you had to be creative to get some of the older diesels to light off! Nice video!

My father was an engine mechanic.He used to service big engines even of the capacity 200 HP. I remember the old English engines like Lister , O B Blackstone etc.O loved my father working on them.

I loved the old engines when I was growing up on the farm. Friends and family all had different types including Imperial McDonald, Sundial, Lister, Moffat Virtue, International, Rosebery and Ronaldson Tippett. There was always a challenge on among the boys as to who could start which engine and a real achievement when you were successful. Some of the farm girls were really clued up on their operation as well. What wouldn't I give to still have those faithful old workhorses.

A beautiful old machine, starting that old four burner Primus stove is the treat. Then applying oil to the bearing and cams is giving it the love she needs. Well done mate!

Bravo, you have power in your hand, you turned the big engine so beautifully. Regards

Incredible, 300 things to do before even trying to kick her over. Legend is the engine is still running today as it's impossible to stop

Just wonderful . Pure magic . The sounds of times past . Huge respect to those who made it and to you for loving it and showing it to us.

Thanks for that mate it brings back memories for me I had a 4Hp hopper cooled AUSTRAL magi start, gee I miss it Cheers RUSTY.

Amazing piece of history ! When you see this heavy machine pumpin so much brute force you appreciate the skills and craftmanship of our grand grand fathers.

That burner is the biggest I´ve ever seen. Most only have one (big) burner but not four! What a thing.

A very nice running engine, but even more impressive was how that especially powerful man rolled over those HEAVY flywheels!

Amazing. We had J Deere tractors from 1921 to 1948 running on petrol and power paraffin. Amazing to listen to these mechanical marvels working.

Beautiful engine. Thanks for posting. Don't see many big Paraffin engines in England anymore. Used to be one which ran a corn mill near my house 40 years ago. I miss that sound. An old feller driving a a Ford Thames Trader lorry would call by every other week and deliver Paraffin.

Silent and super smooth. Like it is a "take your time engine.". Love the remote location!, adds to the endurance!.