wow!thats one even dante didnt think of.
--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Russell Neely <[email protected]> wrote: From: Russell Neely <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2149 To: "Jerry in Arizona" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:24 AM The substance added to the engine was Sodium Silicate (sp?) a/k/a "Water Glass." It is a clear liquid that sets up hard when exposed to air and allowed to dry. I once used it to try and repair an engine block cracked because a stupid kid (me) had left water in a 1941 Packard engine over the winter. I do not know why the Government specified Sodium Silicate. I would think draining the oil and running the engine would have done the same think. I guess they wanted to make sure all lubricating properties from remaining oil were gone. That is, they wanted the camshafts to gall in addition to the crankshaft locking up. The specification was to run the engine with Sodium Silicate at 2000 RPM until the RPM started to drop. Then additional throttle was added to force the engine to destroy itself. Or that is the way I understand the process. Ciao, Russ Neely --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Jerry in Arizona <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jerry in Arizona <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2149 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:32 PM According to the news reports here in Phoenix the Gov't required some specific abrasive substance to added to the oil and then ran to engine destruction. -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
