I was told today that deodorant can start most engines if sprayed down the carbs instead of petrol.

Is this true?

no idea but give it a go and video the results for us

Pick a nice smell so at least the resulting explosion won't upset the neighbours too much!

the well if you spray it and hold a lighter in the front of the can it burns

Most aerosols thses days have butane as propellant -- but just consider what else is in deoderant.

I have seen Propane from a gas blow lamp used instead of Easy Start

Don't some of the aerosols use propane as a propellant?


Damn BritishTrident beat me to it!

[Edited on 20/2/06 by trikerneil]

I reckon it will.

A mate of mine built an orange gun and use Lynx to fire oranges out of sight..........

Nutter !!

John

WD40 will start an engine. I would have thought that butane or propane are more combustible. That is assuming the gas stays in the throttle bodies / carbs for long enough

deoderant will start an engine we used it on a leyland daf on exercise instead of cold start

Deoderant works wells. Iv started many an engine with that. Lynx Java works well and makes the engine smell nice.

As said WD40 will fire it up aswell.

I used it on the lawn mower and the young lasses face was a picture when it started.
She moaned like crazy when I asked her to bring the really stinky stuff and was amazed when I sprayed it and it started first time.

I've always had good results with de-icer. Even without any fuel in the tank you can keep an engine running if you pulse the injections. Basically an anilogue megasuirt.

WD40 blew the arse out of an old Suzuki X7 ......never touched the throttle yet it revved well into the red, it died a few miles later with a few melted bits

Triton

Wheres your smartie avater gone??

and whats a Tifino 3 when it's at home?

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Originally posted by Triton
WD40 blew the arse out of an old Suzuki X7 ......never touched the throttle yet it revved well into the red, it died a few miles later with a few melted bits

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My neighbour put some lighter fluid (petrol type) down the plug hole of an old BSA Bantam and then kicked it over with the plug back in. Not for long though, it blew the plug back out and stripped the thread in the head.

IT started my old spitfire! (lynx africa )


had nothing else to use
so i though that might do and it did

smelt great after !

didnt help pulling the chicks though

[Edited on 21/2/06 by ch1ll1]

[Edited on 21/2/06 by ch1ll1]

Ive used acetone, quite aggressive burn tho and i was pished at the time - wont do it again!

I started a mates Mini-Moto on flash dash,

Have never heard anything rev so high and have such a delightful lemonie smell
Whilst spitting lovely blue flames out of the broken 1" long exhaust!

If things have been blown up with it there must have been way too much in there.

Just a quick squirt job done.

You lot are bonkers!!

I once started a two stroke strimmer engine on food grade penetrating oil at work , it is veg oil based and left the workshop smelling of castrol R.
Paul.

has anyone tryed a role-on,

whole can of wd40 was used.....not all at once but it was such a laugh we kept on doing it as it was a wrecker really anyway

Tifino is ...................not saying just yet