Posted by jdemaris on December 12, 2009 at 18:47:32 from (67.142.130.19):
In Reply to: Starting Fluid--Harmful? posted by Don McCullough on December 12, 2009 at 18:25:29:
It's more then a matter of opinion. I'm sure many here have had to rebuild diesels ruined by the overuse of either. I did one for a guy twice in one month.
Ether can be murder on an IDI engine with glow plugs, and can shatter the precombustion chambers.
DI engines can usualy handle ether if fed with some sort of control and used carefully. John Deere puts automatic ether injection on some tractors, right from the factory. Below a certain temp, ether is automatically injected when you start cranking.
Most tractor companies that offer either injection OEM, manual or automatic, usually have an ether tube with a small orifice to prevent you from overloading an engine and breaking piston rings and pistons, and sometimes bending rods.
That being said, you can take almost any engine, and it you spray enough raw ether directly into the air intake while trying to start it, you can damage it fast. All depends on the engine. Some are stronger than others.
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