[Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?

[Ian Fisher]

I stopped helping AWA's with computers, cars, etc. They ALWAYS have a
friend that knows better although they are usually unwilling to actually
step up to the plate to do anything.

I tried look around on www.howstuffworks.com for an answer for
you..Didn't find anything but wow, that site rocks.

Try searching for starter fluid on any major search engine.

By the way, I am pretty confident that starter fluid works just fine on
gasoline combustion engines.

Ian



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Scott Sweeney
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:16 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?


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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