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Re: degrease

To: MRogers726@aol.com
Subject: Re: degrease
From: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 09:07:53 -0500
Boy, the guys at the car wash must really hate to see you coming.  Where I
live what you are doing is a very big NO NO NO and the car wash guys would
likely kill you!  It's this kind of thing that got the EPA started in the
first place!
Flushing Diesel fuel into our ground water ... Shame on You!

At 11:12 PM 2/3/98 EST, MRogers726@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 98-02-03 11:58:35 EST, you write:
>
><< Does anybody have suggestions for what type of soap/solvent would be
> >best for say, cleaning the engine compartments of my cars or for
> >cleaning motorcycle engines?
> > >>
>I always spray the compartment as well as the underparts and anything
>else--inside doors etc. with diesel and then blast the greasy things at the
>carwash. This lubricates the choke cables,throttle linkage and such and
>softens the thick stuff so that It will leave at the carwash. It also seeps
>into the double walled panels where the rust developes and at least slows it.
>If you need to mix a bit of gunk or other wetting agent in so it will work
>better. I've been told one can use liquid soap with the diesel to good
>effect(?) Michael  Toad Hall Collection
>

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