Well, I knew that I made a mistake when I heard it pop and saw a flame in the air cleaner. Granted. Could have burned her up. Big mistake, lesson learned. But, I have to ask you about igniting ether with a glow plug when the engine isn't turning over blowing the head off. The ether obviously travelled the intake into an open cylinder, hit the glow plug, ignited right back out the lowest pressure path, then fire in the air cleaner. It seems to me, and I could be wrong, that any pressure from the igniting ether back out the least resistance has got to be much lower pressure than ignition under compression.
I know, using ether isn't ideal. I don't typically. Yesterday was exceptionally cold, so as I have on a few occasions, a quick shot of ether. About a second's worth. My mistake, hot glow plug ignited it back out the intake and into the air cleaner and snout. As someone else mentioned, in the future, use a heat gun to create a preheated charge.
Have a great day, stay warm out there, work safely.
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