> The only engine that I
> feel absolutely
> was damaged immediately and severely by ether was that of a dummy
> who drove his
> out-of-fuel tractor a couple of hundred yards to the pump on
> squirt cans of ether.
I absolutely agree with Tony on this one. NEVER run a diesel under load
with ether, especially when it isn't also getting fuel. His other comments
are on-target too, you certainly don't want a puddle of the stuff getting
sucked in.
BTW, some injector pumps can also be ruined by running (or even trying to
run) the engine without fuel. The fuel acts as a lubricant to the pump,
without it the pump pistons can seize and/or score the walls.
Randall
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