Post by tommyhnavix on Jan 21, 2012 10:03:21 GMT -5
There are much better start aids for small engines and chainsaws than ether. I have had customers come in with chainsaw and tell me the would not start but would run on ether. Then they finally would do nothing. Some of them were totally ruined by running with no lubrication. Ether will wash the cylinder lubrication off and ruin a perfectly engine sometimes. One little sniff may not hurt and make it start, but if you need ether there is something wrong. Many engines will easily start thousands of time with out ever sniffing ether if in a good tuned condition. I used to use WD 40 with good results as a starting help, but they changed the propellant and it does not work as well. Seafoam in a spray can works pretty well and I highly recommend you take the plug out and shoot a little in to lube things up on a saw that has set for a while and has adry cylinder. I have a nice small metal squirt oil can with 2 cycle mix in it . If it won't start right up a little squirt of that lets me know wheter I have a fuel problem or not. I have never damaged an engine with it. Ether used sparingly may work, but it can also risk damage if one gets just a little to carried away. Prevention is always the better medicine I try to give out.