Ran out of gas

[AndyMA]

What about some of the equipment I've seen over the years which had a manufacturer installed ether can holder with a tube to the air intake and a actuator cable to the operators position???

Amdy

 

[Duffster]

What about some of the equipment I've seen over the years which had a manufacturer installed ether can holder with a tube to the air intake and a actuator cable to the operators position???

Amdy

Like John Deere tractors?

 

[Soundguy]

I've seen some units that give you a set metered does when pulled or activated..

goes back to what others have said.. when used corectly.. not too bad..

soundguy

 

[DennisMI]

What about some of the equipment I've seen over the years which had a manufacturer installed ether can holder with a tube to the air intake and a actuator cable to the operators position???

Amdy

I agree. In the mid 1970's I had an International Harvester 464 diesel here in Michigan. It came with an ether can installed which sprayed directly into the intake manifold. The instructions in the manual said to make sure to have the engine turning over before spraying the ether. I never had any problem.

I did see problems when I worked in the machine shop rebuilding engines. There were bent parts. The key is to have the engine turning over when spraying ether, and it doesn't take a lot of ether.

I also agree with a previous post, take it to the dealer, chances are they can make a house call real cheap.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

What about some of the equipment I've seen over the years which had a manufacturer installed ether can holder with a tube to the air intake and a actuator cable to the operators position???

Amdy

They put ROPS on tractors too, but it's in the tractors AND owners best interest to never USE it.

 

[Soundguy]

They put ROPS on tractors too, but it's in the tractors AND owners best interest to never USE it.

That's funny.. I like that one!

soundguy

 

[jonnys63]

ok so thanks for all the either points of view personally if you need a little extra help starting an enigine i'm not against it. but i'm thinking that air in the fuel is no longer the problem. i mean it doesnt take days on end to bleed a system. does anyone have some other iteas as to why this thing won't fire up

 

[J_J]

Have you checked pressure on any of the cylinders? When you did the bleeding, did you notice any water? Did you take the injectors out to see if they were working. All logic says, that if you have fuel, at the right time, and compression, that sucker should fire. You have not said anything about glow plugs, do you have them, and are they working.

 

[Soundguy]

got a mechanic that can come out and comp test the cyls?

might take the injectors in to see if spraying.. past that.. injection pump pressure comes to mind.

soundguy

 

[swines]

Sounds to me like you're getting fuel but not enough air. This may be too simple...a long time ago I used to run a Terex end loader. It had a manual butterfly valve in back of the air cleaner. If it was closed, the engine would crank forever and just make white smoke - open the valve it would start. We used to close it when a new person was assigned to the machine to see how long it would take them to figure out why it wouldn't start...I'd check the air intake system to make sure it's getting enough air.