ORIGINAL: chevy43
Intresting how this thread really became an oil substitute instead of ether substitute thread..............
I've come to the conclusion there is no substute for ether. Obviously it is possible to run with very litte or in perfect conditons none.
If it all cost the same though you can bet I'd pick the standard either, castor, kerosene mix!!!!! That said I will still run the "Baker Black Brew" in OS LA 40 because I have that down to a science.
Treven.
Hi Treven,
I think it became an oil substitute , as opposed to ether substitute, as nobody seems to know of an ether substitute.
Experimenting has allowed some of us to reduce the ether content of the fuel considerably and get good engine performance.
Reducing the ether content has led to finding alternatives to castor oil so we have a lubricant that will mix with only small percentages of ether in the fuel mix.
If there is a substitute for ether then it has yet to be found by members of the group.
It seems we have the following choices meanwhile....
Use a fuel mix with a much lower percentage of ether compared to a commercial mix. The ether content is determined by how easy you want the starting process to be.... more ether = easy starting. Less ether = priming with high ether content to start.
We can use a fuel mix with NO ether at all in it. This works and the engine can run well on it but
it requires several primes of high ether, or, heating of the engine to enable starting.
We HAVEN'T found a substitute for ether [&o]
We HAVE found some alternative lubricants that will work with either low ether content, or, no ether at all in the fuel
I do like that "black brew" of yours.... I reckon it doesn't get much simpler than that