If you have not tried it WD 40 works as a better Diesel starting fluid, not quite as explosive but still fires better than diesel fuel for cold starts or after running out of gas and needing to prime the pump. Diesel engines rely on compression and glow plugs to ignite the fuel, and using starting fluid can cause damage to the engine. This also reduces the chance of one piston catching a huge boost of fluid and blowing that piston apart.Īs it fires up and you hear that hard rattle in the engine from the starting fluid detonating against your pistons remind yourself to fix the problem, it is cheaper than replacing the engine. There is enough boost in fogging under the hood to get one to start. Reduce the risk by fogging under the hood while someone else turns the engine over. Understand if you use it you are playing with fire and may break parts. I have used starting fluid on rare occation to start the hard to start monster. I have seen first hand pistons that have fractured from starting fluid use and I have heard the war stories about blowing off intake manifolds. Here's the proper way to say it " ether is bad in the hands of the unschooled"Īnd they should read Scuffy's way, hard to hurt an engine that way. So, next time you see someone post on here that "ether is bad" and nothing else,(always reminds me of Mr Mackey from South Park) ask them why it's bad. Now I've seen heads practically ripped off of blocks with the bolts stretched almost a quarter inch from ether, but it wasn't the ether's fault, it was the guy who sprayed a half a can into the intake's fault. Some will say it hurts the cylendars, how? The name brands all have additives for upper cylendar lube, besides, the injectors are spraying fuel also (unless they aren't and that's why it won't start in the first place). If there was something inherently wrong with using ether then Caterpillar wouldn't be putting automatic ether injection systems in their engines built for the North American market would they? I gotta ask, where did you hear starting fluid (ether) is bad for diesel engines? It's made for diesel engines.Īs Scuffy pointed out when used improperly it can do damage, But I took your question as what is bad about ether being used to start a diesel engine itself right? The truthful answer is if you buy quality brands, nothing.
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