Posted by RodInNS on December 01, 2014 at 06:56:56 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Recovery after ether? posted by GMSTAG on November 30, 2014 at 20:50:07:
Ether is not a problem if it's used properly.... that can be a BIG IF... I've never had a problem with ether myself but I have seen engines with bent rods and piston lands blown off because of it. I've always tried to have the engine rolling before I spray and only use the smallest burst I can get from the can. If it doesn't fire in 3-4 seconds then I'll give it another little burst. If it's extremely cold... then mabey a little more. My own belief is that the real problems start when you get a cold engine that won't start... and you crank it and load the piston crowns up with raw fuel... then you feed ether to it because it won't fire... and a big blast of ether WILL make fire... and it ignites that big fuel load that you've already got in the chamber... and then it knocks like hell, bends rods and breaks pistons and rings. Ether, in and of itself, in the absence of another fuel... is not a problem in any way.
As far as the idea of an engine being addicted to ether... that's nonsense. If an engine won't start without ether it's either worn out or already severely damaged from ether. Rebuilding is the only corrective action at that point.
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