Tow Vehicle Brokedown In Longmont Colorado
Currently stuck in Longmont CO since Saturday. My 2008 Chevy 3500HD went into limp mode with a P0087 code 10 miles out of Estes Park heading to Denver. Vehicle was towed to Longmont CO, and 5th whee...
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gfortelney wrote:Marcela wrote:
Starting fluid is a good way to ruin an engine, cracks pistons and rings, especially on a diesel with high compression. You thought gasoline was hard on a diesel engine.......
I have the engine spinning before i sprayed just a little starting fluid to hopefully reduce the risk.
The starting fluid you get today has very little ether in it (due to cost of raw ether and EPA), and as such isn't as potent as years past. It doesn't have that same piston-shattering "kick" that real ether has.
