[dredmorbius]

You'd made a possibly related claim a few months back, if that stirs any memories:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21953121

[WalterBright]

"I have seen desperate mechanics try to warm up their engines with a naked flame in the hope of inducing them to start."

  -- "Stuka Pilot" by Hans Rudel, pg. 50