>===== Original Message From Tortuga48@aol.com ===== >For what it's worth...... > >I was taught, when using starter fluid to spray it on a shop towel, then hold >the towel next to the air intake, as opposed to spraying the fluid directly >in the intake. I was instructed that, if you have to use ether spray, to start cranking first and then give it shot of spray. Mel Knott

At the Yanmar owners school at Mack Boring in NJ (they are the importers for Yanmar on the east coast) they say Never to spray ether (starting fluid) into the air intake, and they display the pistons with bent rods that have resulted from this. The ether mix detonates in the cylinder before the piston gets to the top, resulting in a violent push down, when the crank is still trying to push the piston up to the top. The bent push rods on display drove the point home vividly. Kevin > >===== Original Message From Tortuga48@aol.com ===== > >For what it's worth...... > > > >I was taught, when using starter fluid to spray it on a shop towel, then hold > >the towel next to the air intake, as opposed to spraying the fluid directly > >in the intake. >