starting fluid

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starting fluid. how many of you have used it? did it work? did you damage anything? and finally is it bad to try more than 5 times? i have a 1977 porsche 924. its fuel injected so we sprayed it into the intake like it said and it would not start...it got close but no cigar.
 
Starting fluid is intended to be used on carbureted vehicles and has made my MGB fire up on several occassions. It's basically ether, and is intended to act as a fuel supplement to kick the engine over so that it'll start turning the fuel pump (remember, a lot of older cars have mechanical fuel pumps).

We use it a lot at the shop where I work since we get a lot of late 70's GM and Ford barges. Plus it helps a ton with our plow Jeep after it sits all summer.
 
Make sure your fuel pump is getting voltage. You should hear it hum for a second if you turn the ignition gey to the 2nd position (it is priming the injectors).
 
I bought a bike recently that hadn't been run in months, used a bit to get it fired up the first time.

Er, actually we used WD40... same concept though right?
 
starting fluid is just flammable liquid in a pressure pack can. the same effect can be had from putting a bit of petrol down the intake. if an efi car won't start, it probably has more problems than can be solved than with an aerosol can
 
yeah we are guessing its a lack of fuel. the fuel pump is probably messed up but we will be looking into that in a week or so......stupid snow.
 
I used some on a mates car once - it worked fine. Also, it has the best name...

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starting fluid is bad it can eat away at rubber causing manifold leaks and whatnot if you need some sort of boost to get it running theres worse problems just being avoided
 
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starting fluid is bad it can eat away at rubber causing manifold leaks and whatnot if you need some sort of boost to get it running theres worse problems just being avoided
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Not so for carburetted cars in the winter...unless you feel like retuning a carb twice a year...
 

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