trooper first started using maf hotwire sensors I destroyed one using ether, made a really nice fireball out the air clean and destroyed the filter also. After that i started searching the manufacturers info and found out that you aren't supposed to spray it into the air intake on maf equipped cars...Needless to say i found out the hard way and got to buy a maf for the trooper i was working on. And it definitely ignited it while cranking ,not during the burn off cycle.. I know the burn off cycle will ignite it easily since its glowing hot when burning off.






Quote Originally Posted by Bellicose Right Winger
Interesting......MAF igniting ether is something I didn't consider. I guess I've been lucky. I had to resort to starting fluid to get my M50 running in 15F weather this weather. Had a serious flooding problem from not letting engine warm up on previous start.
Ether autoignites at 320F. Internet search says hot film MAF operates 170F above air temp and hot wire operates 212 above ambient, but I can't tell whose sensor this refers to. Hot wire sensors have a burn off cycle that likely exceeds 320F when engine is shut off. Do you believe our sensors operate higher then 320F?

http://www.wellsmfgcorp.com/counterp...erpoint3_2.pdf
http://www.performanceoiltechnology....ir_filters.htm

Paul Shovestul