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Unread 08-16-2011, 08:58 PM
Monkey Butler Monkey Butler is offline
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We used to use WD-40 to start worn out old 2-smoke dirt bikes that had really low compression. The propellant worked like ether and the oil in it helped seal up the rings and boost compression.

I think they changed the propellant at some point and according to Wikipedia it is now CO2 so it would be useless as a starting fluid nowadays.
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