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On 20/04/2021 21:06, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:31:31 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

Back in them old days of model aircraft with glo plug engines etc, we
used to squirt some stuff in for an easier start, cannot recall what it
was after all this time though.
Brian


Afair, that would have been ether (diethyl ether to give it its full
name).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl_ether#Fuel


it was raw fuel with a glowplug. they were always easy to start.

ether was a constituent of model *'diesel'* fuel - and still is


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