[Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?

[Scott Sweeney]

Having a bit of a debate with the significant other, would like some input form everyone.

 

Scenario:  Wife's 1984 Monte SS won't start (stock 305 four-barrel).  Will pop every third or fourth turn, but thats it.  Over the course of an entire day of trying to start it, I probably go through half a can of starting fluid.  As we all know, you never really get it all in anyway, so I know that much didn't go through the system.  And I could get it to "run" if I pumped the gas as fast as I could and turned it over, that and it would pop every thried to fourth turn, so its not like the starting fluid filled all the  cylinders and stayed there.

 

She has a "mechanic" friend who seems to have her convinced that I have ruined everything and have mucked up the works.  He says I ruined the plugs so I pulled one and it was covered in carbon, which obviously isn't created when starting fluid burns and I wire brushed the plug and it appeared to be in perfect condition.  He also says that starting fluid is only for diesels.

 

Can anybody out there back me up (or put me down) on using starting fluid as I did?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

-Sweeney



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