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Gas rag starting Diesels

olgentdc

olgentdc

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Neighbor Friend tells me that a moistoned gasoline rag is a good starting aid as opposed to ether , just lay it over the air filter inlet ,Says I Ought to try it sometime ,, seems like it would work ,,, doubtful of any harm it would cause ..Has anyone ever tried this ? ,,..,.(<:)
 
Over in the hot country of RVN we hauled fuel. Almost evry week some GI would forget to top off their truck fuel. A gunny sack dipped in mogas, then stuffed it into the air cleaner. Always worked in the hot weather. As far as hurting the engine, well lets just say that a young man that don't care, and hates his job.....nowbody cared. It was unbelivable the punishment those trucks took when the young lads were showing off.
 

J,
Yes , it works and doesn't seem to knock quite
as hard as ether, BUT from experience DO NOT get
a wiff of the exhaust as it will take your breath
away.

george
 
Most of the GI trucks were multifuel engines so it really couldn't hurt them.

We would use lighter fluid on a rag to start the Grey Marine engines in the boats, never had any trouble but the Officers would complain about burning the boat up or some other dumb thing so we did it on the sly.

Walt
 

When the Hummers first came out, they were real hard on glowplugs and always seemed to go south on the coldest miserablest days. Almost every operator new how to use the rag trick and there was at least one ziplock bag or something with the miracle rag on every trip.

Dave
 
My dads fork lift ran out of diesel once , him and a friend put fuel in it and my dad got a gas soaked rag and covered the intake with it and must had squeezed some in the intake not knowingly and they cranked it and it fired off and wound up way above its limits and blew that perkins up bigger than life ... (true story) .... I have never done it myself, and I wont be tempted on doing it after seeing what it did to that "OL PERK" ... Maybe its may be OK to do it , but be careful , I sure dont want to hear about a run away diesel any time soon... Larry
 
Be careful of the engines that have a heater in the intake system. Had a powerstoke ignite the rag and got a little warm.
 
(quoted from post at 03:06:00 12/15/08) Be careful of the engines that have a heater in the intake system. Had a powerstoke ignite the rag and got a little warm.
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Of course, caution and common sense have to be had/used, just a trick that works.

Showed a couple of my soldiers once how to mount/seat tubeless tires using starting fluid only to catch them a couple of weeks later taking bets on who's tire would have the most pressure after the explosion. Had to do a leeeeeeeeetle backtracking and retraining.

Dave
 
Yes, it will work in a pinch. Just be aware than a diesel engine can be destroyed by gasoline in the intake. Ether is safer, in my opinion, because you have better control over how much you give the engine.
 
That can be tricky. Dad used a little to much one time and made the tire dance. There was still a little bit of fire on the bead after it popped, but the bead was sure enough set.
 
Why do some people insist on a half *ssed fix that doesn't work as well and costs more in the long run. Rather than performing the task properly.

http://www.phillipsandtemro.com/coldStart/diesel_cold_Start_technology.asp
 
Gas vapor is not the best thing for starting your diesel. Any starting fluid that you but is not 100% ether, and is formulated oils to provide some lubrication to the cylinder
 
Wouldn't do it. We had a rash of head gasket failures on production engine that were in experimental machines. The subsequent investigation determined that several of the operators were using gasoline rather than ether to start the endurance machines because they thought it was easier on the engines. Immediately stopped that practice, and the problem was solved. Never tried it, but would consider a small dose of propane.
 
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