CUCV - Starter Fluid

[Warthog]

Many of you keep hearing us say DO NOT USE starter fluid in your CUCVs. Here is a good reason why.

Hiigh compression and starter fluid = BIG BANG

This piston is from a Perkins 4 banger, non-turbo. Nothing special about it.

One of the yard hands thought it would be a good idea to start it with fluid he had in his car.

Wonder who is going to pay the bill for a rebuild?

 

[Cucvnut]

nice paper weight.

 

[doghead]

Awe crud, here comes all the "Use silicone or wd40" BS...

 

[dstang97]

And gas on a rag next to the intake

 

[doghead]

My personal favorite, a bed of coals under the engine.

 

[4x4 Forever]

You can always have your cow or dog make a deposit, seal said deposit in air tight container and let marinate, use the gas from the decomposition...wait, that will go boom too...Never Mind

 

[wayne pick]

Nitroglycerin tablets down the intake followed by CPR.

 

[Skinny]

Are glow plugs that hard to use???

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Awe crud, here comes all the "Use silicone or wd40" BS...

Does that actually work?


Now, please note, I did not ask, "is that a good thing to do?"

I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to that. I'm new to diesels, but I'm not completely stupid. Butane or propane as a propellant isn't going to be much kinder than ether, I'm thinking.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

My personal favorite, a bed of coals under the engine.

Hey, you can laugh at that, but at 50 below zero, you do what you gotta do!

 

[drgreg]

Hey, you can laugh at that, but at 50 below zero, you do what you gotta do!

At 50 below zero I'm not starting my CUCV.

 

[JGBallew]

Many of you keep hearing us say DO NOT USE starter fluid in your CUCVs. Here is a good reason why.

Hiigh compression and starter fluid = BIG BANG

This piston is from a Perkins 4 banger, non-turbo. Nothing special about it.

One of the yard hands thought it would be a good idea to start it with fluid he had in his car.

Wonder who is going to pay the bill for a rebuild?

What you do is put a string through the wristpin bore, and have the culprit wear that piston as a tribute to his cleverness.

 

[wayne pick]

Are glow plugs that hard to use???

Some people just shouldn't own diesel engines Skinny, They are ignorant to how a diesel engine works or the fact that using ether, or pouring a flamible liquid down the intake will result in costly damage. This topic has been covered at nauseam. Some diesel owners, old and new, just don't get it.