Are we assuming a run away diesel? Why not just put your hand over the intake pipe? I assume that is where you are spraying "stuff".
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk -- When security matters. http://www.secure-my-email.com On May 20, 2013 2:24 PM, "Morgenstern, Keith E CIV SEA 08 NR" < [email protected]> wrote: > I suspect a can of any kind of non-oxygen stuff. > > Lately you can get cans of Argon (marketed under "Bloxygen"). They sell it > to displace the oxygen out of paint cans for storage, but if you are faced > with a runaway diesel...it couldn’t hurt! > > -Keith Morgenstern > C&C 35-3 CB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck S [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 22:10 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Stus-List Stopping a diesel > > A long time ago, someone suggested keeping a spray can of something to > stop a diesel. What was that? > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > > ________________________________ > > From: "Bill Bina" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:08:27 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Starting a diesel > > WD40 is very cagey about revealing that key ingredient. They will > enthusiastically tell you what it isn't. It isn't Kerosene or fish oil. > Lately they also swear it is not Stoddard solvent, but that really is > splitting less than a hair. It is so close to Stoddard solvent in makeup > that it is functionally the same thing. Stoddard Solvent is a bit more > refined than kerosene, but for starting a balky diesel, it is close > enough to water-white kerosene to work for that purpose. I think it has > a lower flash point than Stoddard solvent, which is an asset for this > purpose. The term Stoddard Solvent covers a range of petroleum > distillates. If someone calls the main ingredient of WD-40 "Stoddard > Solvent", I don't think you can call them wrong, regardless of marketing > department claims to the contrary. > > Bill Bina > > On 5/17/2013 6:00 PM, Knowles Rich wrote: > > I've never even tried to burn WD40. Fish oil??? > > > > Rich Knowles > > Indigo. LF38 > > Halifax > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] >
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