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#548 of 1246 Re: everyone count to ten! [Mr_Shiftright] by shipo Sep 08, 2005 (9:24 am)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 08, 2005 8:56 am) Regarding your link. Hmmm, still doesn't seem to work. I wonder if it is somehow being blocked due to the cookie handling/blocking that I have enabled.   Best Regards, Shipo Replies to this message: shipo (Sep 08, 2005 9:30 am)
#549 of 1246 Re: everyone count to ten! [shipo] by shipo Sep 08, 2005 (9:30 am)
Replying to: shipo (Sep 08, 2005 9:24 am) Yup, that was it, turned off the cookie challenge and bang, up came the site.   Best Regards, Shipo
#550 of 1246 Ok, snake oils aside...... by 0patience Sep 08, 2005 (12:11 pm)
If you ask 100 mechanics, if they were to recommend one, what would it be? You would probably find that the largest percentage would recommend Lucas products. Replies to this message: shipo (Sep 08, 2005 12:42 pm) Mr_Shiftright (Sep 08, 2005 2:16 pm)
#551 of 1246 Re: Ok, snake oils aside...... [0patience] by shipo Sep 08, 2005 (12:42 pm)
Replying to: 0patience (Sep 08, 2005 12:11 pm) "If you ask 100 mechanics, if they were to recommend one, what would it be?"   Errr, "recommend one" what? Recommend one brand of Snake Oil? Geez, that's easy, I can probably recommend twenty. The real question is what would I recommend using them on? Answer: "Beats the hell out of me, certainly not any car I'll ever own."   Best Regards, Shipo Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 08, 2005 2:16 pm)
#552 of 1246 Re: Acetone in fuel [Mr_Shiftright] by technerd Sep 08, 2005 (12:47 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 08, 2005 8:11 am) In concentrations of less then 1 in 500 how long is that gonna take.   I would have saved far more than the cost of a few minor parts.   But never mind me, I'll just take my savings and go home, again & again & again....   Funny thing just about everything that doesn't like acetone, doesn't like gasoline either.
#553 of 1246 Re: Ok, snake oils aside...... [shipo] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Sep 08, 2005 (2:16 pm)
Replying to: shipo (Sep 08, 2005 12:42 pm) I thought it was interesting that every website I visited touting acetone invariably mentions the oil company conspiracies and also some sites claimed how some evil people have actually sabotaged the information online so that others would use harmful proportions of acetone, to deliberately give it a bad name.   I keep thinking of Carl Sagan's wise words: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".
#554 of 1246 ahhh, the conspiracy. dang, they got me again. by swschrad Sep 08, 2005 (5:59 pm)
if I was to tell you more about it, I'd have to ... well, you know.   those are my black helicopters, yup, sure enough ya betcha by golly, then. buy me a cookie
#555 of 1246 I remember by isellhondas Sep 10, 2005 (4:54 pm)
Using acetone when repairing surfboards when I was much younger.   That was NASTY stuff!   Think I'll stay in the herd chewing my cud!
#556 of 1246 there is a LOT worse stuff than acetone about by swschrad Sep 12, 2005 (4:29 pm)
benzine and other fuel-ish isomers of benzine in gasoline are rough on the liver. you don't want any amount of antifreeze getting in your system, or it will essentially glue the kidneys shut for good. refrigerant passing into a running engine or detected by a flame detector generates phosgene gas, a favorite of the Hun in world war one. chlorinated brake cleaner is the first cousin of carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, which is awful to brain and liver. brake dust is full of asbestos or calsil, you don't want any of that. acetone is darned near the breath of life compared to many auto chemicals. even used motor oil causes cancer. moral: keep clean and don't wallow in anything.
#557 of 1246 adding acetone to fuel by inkie Sep 14, 2005 (9:52 am)
Thechnerd adding acetone to fuel even in the percentage you quote will change the vapor pressure of the entire mixture. That bothers me, it may affect components on the newer engines upon combustion.

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