Priming fuel pump causes car to catch on fire

Putting the air cleaner assembly back together before starting is a good way to insure there will be projectiles in the event of a serious backfire. Launching lids and fragments used to be fairly common with newbies and ether. It gets worse for ether because it evaporates before you can reassemble the air cleaner leading to overuse and potential explosions. If you don’t know how to prime a carb or start an engine with starting fluid/spray, pick your poison; loss of facial hair or a lid to the kisser…