WARNING Starting Fluid is DANGEROUS STUFF!!!!!!!
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WARNING Starting Fluid is DANGEROUS STUFF!!!!!!!
Vettehauler, you have let out my WD40 secret! I use it to start all kinds of stuff thats been sitting awhile and want start. I have used it this week to get my 76 f100 going again and a guy gave me 3 leaf blowers that were supposibly unfixable, a couple squirts and they were running like new. It will fire about anything that has had gas sitting in it for awhile and I've never had a fire start. By the way, this is my first post here. 76 f100(new daily driver),68 Bronco(toy). LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO COME 
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WARNING Starting Fluid is DANGEROUS STUFF!!!!!!!
From my brother the chemist/Doc, ether in a can for use as starting fluid can get VERY UNSTABLE. He said that after a while in the can, it can get chemically unstable and explode. Ya got me, I don't know how a chemical reaction can take place in a sealed container, but I am very careful with my starting fluid. I don't throw the can around or bang it, and it is kept in a cool well ventilated place-right by the garage door. Maybe a mistake to keep it there, but much safer than on the shelf in the basement with all the other aerosol cans of stuff.
Just thouht I'd pass it on..
tom
Just thouht I'd pass it on..
tom
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WARNING Starting Fluid is DANGEROUS STUFF!!!!!!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-Nov-02 AT 01:45 AM (EST)]Now look, you made me dig up my Organic chem notes...which didn't shed much light on the subject
Ether is "diethyl ether", or Ch3Ch2-O-Ch2Ch3
I don't think totally pure ether by itself can react. It may either form peroxides or ethylene oxide with oxygen & water from the air. Either of those can spontaneously react with itself big-time if heated. A tell-tale clue is if there is a spattering of polyethylene around the explosion site. I've seen pictures of double hull rail cars that exploded due to polymerization of ethylene oxide. Ka-Boom.
Ether is "diethyl ether", or Ch3Ch2-O-Ch2Ch3
I don't think totally pure ether by itself can react. It may either form peroxides or ethylene oxide with oxygen & water from the air. Either of those can spontaneously react with itself big-time if heated. A tell-tale clue is if there is a spattering of polyethylene around the explosion site. I've seen pictures of double hull rail cars that exploded due to polymerization of ethylene oxide. Ka-Boom.
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WARNING Starting Fluid is DANGEROUS STUFF!!!!!!!
Soooo, the $1.49 can of starting fluid is pure, sure. I repeat what I said, it can go blooey all by itself, specially as noted above in a mixture/compound with other impurities...
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