ether kills high idle? Haven't seen this on the forum.

I have a 96 wolverine. Looks like I'm not the only one with high idle. I've thoroughly cleaned and reassembled to no avail. While spraying ether to see if there was a air leak (Ididnt find one), I sprayed it directly into the intake. Idle went immediately down to a perfect RPM! After, I assume, the ether burned off, idle went right back up. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.