did a rebuild on the truck .went with some very big injects and overbored the cylinder holes by a few thousands.and lowered the compression a bit.when the truck sits still for a few days it is a long cranking process,but once it starts the first time it is fine.warm days are much better.any way was wondering about using starting fluid on start up.any idea if there is a proper way to do it ?is it safe,pros cons opinions...thanks

 

seen it blow the intake off when a guy used too much. murdered the motor. i would steer clear.

 

My dads 03 has had bad starting problems off and on for the past few months. He takes the juice away from the grid heater then sprays the intake and it starts immediately. Obviously we need to figure out the problem but when it doesn't start you don't have an option.

 

I use it to get my diesels going on real cold days but never inject it directly into intake spray it so it has to go through the air filter first and remember a little goes a long way,just give it a very little snort,like on and off the button rite away then try to start if it doesn't you can try it one more time and then no more for a long while ,you have to watch if you do it to many times to soon it tends to build up in there and then bang or the motor will lock up for awhile if it does just let it sit for 10 minutes or so and it will free up. I have and electric solanoid on mine that gives it a pre measered shot and they work great, I had it on my 6.2 because the glow plugs were shot a I got tired of replaceing them so I started it on either every day for years.wbski

 

How you liken that fuel boss luken? Is there any resolve to the clearence issues with the fuel boss? I'm gonna run a fluidampr and the gdp website says it hits if you run a fluidampr.

Nice to see you on here by the way.

 

Hey luken, do you have another set of injectors lying around i bet that will solve the 03 starting problem. I just went threw it a few months back. Changed the lift pump nothing, changed the little sensor on the cp3 nothing, new injectors like brand new now.

 

If you stuck you can use it , but it would be best to fix the problem , and the problem is not the rebuild .
To use starting fluid , disconnect the grid heaters , then what I've seen over the last few decades is that the can used to spray a mist [ hard to find now days ] many just squirt a stream out=bad .
Some small diesels it can be hard on , the best way for all is to use a can that SPRAYS , then have a way to turn key to start pos and spray at the same time , with the spray going before eng turning but not in air intake till its turning , then just with a little of the spray going towards intake , so that it take in what it needs , after 30 yrs of this , almost any eng needs only about 1/4 to 1/3 of what comes out the can , be ready to pull can away from intake if it starts , starts sounding like its kicking back / hammering - this is what you do not want , the right amount of spray , the eng sounds like normal starting , too fast turning over is the beginning of too much .

 

ether is fine on diesels....BUT....listen CAREFULLY LIKE THEY SAID.......DO NOT DO IT WITH THE GRID HEATER ON or BOOM goes the intake. With the compression ratio on these new motors dont put too much. just enough to get it started. The cheaper the brand the more you can PROBABLY put in it. Others will chime in

 

You probably have a small leak letting in a little air or draining off a little fuel when it sits, maybe try to track that down and you may not need to use ether.

 

Starting fluid is okay to use as long as the engine is cranking over (so oil is circulating) with a small 1 second hold on the can of starting fluid sometimes not even 1 second.

Nick.

 

I've used WD 40 on the 97 PSD when the glow plug relay went bad.

Fogged it in while cranking, cranked right up.
Takes 2 people though.

 

i think its purely the big injects and a lack of cylinder temp that causes the hard start.the injects are brand new bosh injects with less than 800 miles and i have taken them out and checked things over a few times.even went ans got dodge to run cylinder test with the drb and everything checked out,all clinders were above 98percent.i have a few races coming up then im gonna send the injects back off ad tear the motor down and see how everything looks...

 

like BRT said, i've used wd40 and it works well. You can also soak a little gas on a rag and have someone turn the engine over while you hold the rag in the intake and squeeze a little at a time, doesn't take much and starts fast.

 

I heard you have to use the starting fluid that contains silicon in it. or else its bad for the motor