Starting fluid for diesel full#

If glow plugs won't start the engine (or an intake preheater) I'd put very serious thought to a block heater.Ĭourse if the engine is already 'hooked' it ain't gonna start without it's fix unfortunately.

Starting fluid for diesel full#

I've heard engines bang and clang away whlist getting squirted full of ether. There shouldn't be any need for it.Įther strips the micro thin layer of lubrication on the cylinder wall causing premature cylinder/piston/rings wear and if applied at the wrong time it can bend a rod. Personally, I wouldn't use ether on a modern diesel engine. The newer eqt came with glow plugs and no ether injectors. They ran but needed constant maintenance.Įther junkies is a good label as once these engines got used to ether you couldn't start 'em without it, not even on a hot day. Course they had to work in the most extreme conditions this old world had to offer and to a 'T' these engines were what we called 'wind broke', i.e.

They used those small ether capsules like whats found in those CO2 BB/pellet guns. I used to work on alot of very old diesel powered eqt and they all had ether injectors. Cylinder head: If cylinder head components, especially the valves, are worn, the diesel engine will have low compression. Since I just bought a new tractor, I plan on doing whatever is necessary to start the engine in cold weather short of using any starting fluid. After becoming hooked on either, the engine would not start even in warm weather without a shot of either. In most cases, the frequent use of ether to start a diesel engine burned out the glow plugs and made the engine an 'ether junkie'. I have used WD-40 or similar products as a starting aid for many years as an alternative to using either.īut, at work, I saw situations where people used ether to start diesel engines almost as an alternative to glow plugs or block heaters. I honestly believe that in some situations starting fluids can be used without doing damage to an engine or the glow plugs. But I have seen many people take a can of starting fluid and spray a huge amount of ether in the intake in an attempt to start a diesel engine.

You screwed a can into the injector bracket and as you cranked the engine it injected a very small amount of ether into the intake. A lot of Ag tractors also came with ether injectors.