Possible Clues:

• In want of hundreds in the engine
• Having occasion for
• Relying on Germany to supply core for reconditioned engine
• In want of what one might do to one's dough, by the sound of it
• Short causing dead engine
• By the sound of it, your dough may be in want of this
• Short of
• Crying out for
• What's wan, Ted?
• "Will you be ___ anything?"