Starting a car with ether

[Francizek]

Years back, when I worked with Cat-powered air compressors, it was common practice to use ether “bombs” (egg-shaped plastic vails of ether) in an ether injector mounted on the engine to start it on cold mornings. So unless the diesel manufacturers have changed something in the design, ether should not harm the engine. Of course the Cat would howl like a banshee when she fired.