RE: Engine Washing

[renarac@domain.elided]

Well, I've cracked an exhaust manifold after suddenly coming upon a snowstorm. Thick,wet stuff that splashed up all over inside the engine compartment. It might have been coincidence, but my money is on hitting a cold slush puddle at 50mph.

Owen Minor
Tacoma,WA
Typing from my Velo again. Did the lines "wrap" properly? (send replies directly, not to digest)

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   >From:    	"John Teller" <jteller@domain.elided>
   >To:        	"IHC Digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
   >Subject:    	Engine Washing
   >Date:    	Mon, Nov 24, 1997  9:09 AM
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   >I've always wondered how hard spraying cold water all over hot manifolds
   >and such would be on the engine.  I had a sad experience where I cracked a
   >favorite cast iron skillet by forgetting it on a stove then putting it in
   >the sink under running water.  It seems to me those exhaust manifolds get
   >about as hot!
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   >Is this a problem, or do you just somehow not get any water on the
   >manifolds?
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   >--- John
   >71 Travelall 1110 (Gathering parts for a front end rebuild)
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