[QUOTE=Twiddle;3095344]The starter vibrator died on a friends R44 Astro and as it was near end of life we just used a good squirt of "damp start" (Ether based) into the air intake! Worked a treat, started within a half turn every time.
The problem with using "easy start" is the engine gets addicted to it, and after time will not start without it, so defo would not recommend it unless as you say its at the end of its life.
