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Posted by Allan on October 27, 2003 at 06:03:04 from (148.63.132.164):
Mornin' Guys, All my life I've been hearing about how ether harms an engine. I've been in farming, I've worked in some huge garages, I've worked on highway rigs, and I’ve worked with diesel engines in tractors, trucks, cars, pickups and boats. I've worked in areas where the normal winter lows are minus thirty degrees for months on end. I've seen diesels eat broken off glow plugs and spit 'em out like a Saturday night cowboy spits out teeth. But, I've never seen an engine that was "damaged" by ether. Ever. I've seen engines plugged so tight with ether that they were hydro locked and the starter couldn't turn 'em, but they would then turn okay after the ether evaporated. John Deere had factory ether on their low-pressure diesel pump units for years and years and International even had factory ether on a lot of their high-pressure units. Has anyone ever seen an engine that was damaged from the use of ether, or is this just another one of those silly "old lady" stories? A diesel engine getting hooked on ether? Comon' now, let's step back and take a deep breath here; sounds like a simple case of wrong pump timing or a tired old worn out engine to me. I'm not saying it can't happen & that the potential is probably there; Further, I’m really not trying to start an argument nor am I trying to be the "Mouth of the South", but I'm just wondering. Has anyone ever actually seen this happen? Thanks, Allan
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