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Always use WD40 guys....it is very safe...1SG PANTANO
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From: <mblair1@home.net>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV Starting Problems
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> "Brandon" <c322348@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I guess that I wasn't clear that the ether was intended as a diagnostic
> > tool, not a replacement for a bad controller!
> >
> > Anyhow, once the truck is warmed up it will start without the ether
until it
> > cools off again.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > Careful with Starting Fluids. They are specifically prohibited for use
in
> > the 6.2 Detroit Diesel Engine in the manuals. Will pop head gaskets.
>
> Maybe that's why my HMMWV with 19k miles has developed two blown head
> gaskets and two cracked cylinder heads during the tail end of the 750
> miles that I've driven it? My truck had good glow plugs and
> controller, but I saw how the mechanic at the auction yard used ether
> to start up balky trucks, and he used way more than was recommended on
> this list.
>
> I'll never use the stuff (except maybe on a truck with a designed-in
> ether dispenser)... if the truck doesn't start without ether, I'll
> *fix* the $@%! truck!
>
> Just hoping my engine block is OK...
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair, KE6MYK <mblair1@home.net>
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