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Old 02-27-2005, 07:52   #116
Bill Harsey
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Ether can be very bad on the life of an engine.
When you use it, it "cuts" the oil off the rings and causes wear.

I don't think the modern spray starting fluids contain ether anymore.

In the old days once in a while, someone would get in the logging crew bus at O-dark thirty and step on something with a caulked (spiked) boot. When you heard the hissing sound of the punctured ether can it was time to throw that sucker out the window before the good stuff reached the guy with the lit cigarette.
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