That's what they used the day I stopped to get my valve stem replaced. That particular tractor tire is about 3 times the volume of a typical combine tire.

Perhaps I should mention these are the small 6 oz cans, not the pounders.

I talked to the guys from Salt Lake City Transit that ran bus operations during the Olympics in 2002. Transit operations from around North America loan extra buses during these high profile events. The weather got a little cold and with outside storage and no block heaters they had to use starting assist drugs. They said the pile of spent cans was nearly 10 feet tall.

With a Detroit Diesel Series 50 engine, no glow plugs and no block heater you have no choice but to assist the starting cycle.

On a non-intercooled engine WD-40 or other penetrating oil works pretty good.

-John

 

I have unfortunately had to use starting fluid many more times than I've liked on my truck.

I bought my truck and 50 miles later I ran out of fuel. I had no idea that the fuel gauge was broken. So it's 10pm, I'm 1000 miles from home and have work in 2 days, I really had no other choice. Priming didn't work, because so much air was in the system.

Don't know if this makes a difference but knowing I was using starting fluid I did NOT wait for the "WAIT TO START" light to go off, I.e. i just started it right up l ike a gasser. The engine was warm anyway.

Unfortunately, that was not the 1st or 2nd time I had to do it. I've probably done it 5 times since I got my truck. I finally got a new fuel gauge sender and am going to put it in. Yes I know, I can use my odometer, but busy life means I don't really pay attention to those things sometimes.

Question is, did I do any permanent damage? And if I did, how would I know? Truck has 170K miles on it.

 

I would guess you haven't done any damage...