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Re: Stalled after the mother of all puddles

To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>, Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Stalled after the mother of all puddles
From: Anthony Zager <wipey@tranquility.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:58:14 +0000
References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9909112026330.1834-100000@ccins.camosun.bc.ca>
Thanks!  I just wondered, as I was looking at a can this weekend and reading
the WARNING!!!! FLAMMMABLE!!!  on the side.......

Malcolm Walker wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Anthony Zager wrote:
>
> >  Is WD-40 flammable?  If so, would this be dangerous at all?
>
> WD-40 is slightly flammable, the propellant is worse though (I think it's
> propane!).  In this case I'd say that it wasn't that dangerous as:
>
> 1.  We have water in the distributor cap
> 2.  Water does not burn
> 3.  WD-40 (Water Displacement formula 40!) is being used to (gasp!)
> displace the water!
> 4.  We probably still have some moisture in the dizzy cap (which should
> still not burn)
>
> Personally, I would spray the WD40 in and then wipe it out, just to be on
> the safe side.  There shouldn't be too much sparking inside the
> distributor cap anyway, unless it's cracked or there is a fault somewhere
> in the system.
>
> WD40 (the oil) is not very volatile either; to my knowledge petrolem
> products burn best when in a vapor state, that's why we vaporize the
> gasoline before burning it (carbeuration)
>
> -Malcolm
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