 Oil in & on the heat exchanger, to remove and clean or will it burn off |
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| ELLIOTT |
 Feb 21 2011, 09:14 PM
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Is thier any danger of the oil in and on a heat exchanger catching fire (a little freaky seeing smoke rising out of the engine bay)? I am getting ready to change the push rod tube seals hence the oil and HE's.
thanks Elliott |
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| Dave_Darling |
Feb 21 2011, 10:31 PM
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A little oil turns into a lot of smoke. I'd suggest cleaning off as much as you can with brake cleaner. The rest will burn off, but the amount of smoke may surprise you.
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| 914itis |
Feb 21 2011, 10:57 PM
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Feb 21 2011, 11:31 PM)  A little oil turns into a lot of smoke. I'd suggest cleaning off as much as you can with brake cleaner. The rest will burn off, but the amount of smoke may surprise you. --DD Mine caught fire with oil on the exhangers from the push rods, I was lucky and other driver told me and i extinguished the fire fast, there was no damadge. Be careful! |
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ELLIOTT Oil in & on the heat exchanger Feb 21 2011, 09:14 PM
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ppetion
Never had one catch fire ... I use EasyOff Oven c... Feb 22 2011, 07:43 AM
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Never had one catch fire ... I use EasyOff Oven c... Feb 22 2011, 07:49 AM mrdkrantz I had it catch fire too. My pushrod tube leaked ba... Feb 22 2011, 08:19 AM |
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