 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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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,063 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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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.
--DD |
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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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| SLITS |
Feb 22 2011, 07:40 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
Never had one catch fire ... I use EasyOff Oven cleaner
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| 914itis |
Feb 22 2011, 07:43 AM
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QUOTE(SLITS @ Feb 22 2011, 08:40 AM) Never had one catch fire ... I use EasyOff Oven cleaner I must admit it was dripping one drop per second. |
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| sfrenck |
Feb 22 2011, 07:49 AM
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QUOTE(SLITS @ Feb 22 2011, 08:40 AM) Never had one catch fire ... I use EasyOff Oven cleaner I used the EasyOff based on Slits recommendation. Seemed to work well, but there was still some residual smoke. Also, I had my exchangers off the car when I did this (also was replacing my pushrod tube seals and checking valve clearances). |
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| mrdkrantz |
Feb 22 2011, 08:19 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 28-December 10 From: Eastern Shore MD Member No.: 12,532 Region Association: North East States |
I had it catch fire too. My pushrod tube leaked bad. It toasted the alt and wire from alt to starter. I was in the middle a road trip.
I patched the leak, pop the belt off, and drove another 100 miles with no alt. I would clean it with brake clean and change the seals |
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