While sailing in Ft.Worth the club members frequently used WD-40 to get
2-cycle engines going.The feeling was the ether based starting fluids
tended to dry out the cylinder walls.The WD-40 worked for me. John O'Leary
Berea Oh
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Randall wrote:
>
> The propellant in WD-40 is quite flammable (being mostly propane), in
> fact I've heard of it being used for starting fluid ! However, the
> propane quickly disperses, and the oil left behind is no more flammable
> than motor oil. So unless you are spraying it onto a running engine,
> I'd say there is no chance of a problem. Even spraying onto a running
> engine, it would take some pretty strange circumstances to ignite it,
> and even then, all you get is a flash of flame. As long as you let go
> of the can (which I think is a pretty instinctive reaction), I doubt
> there would be any harm done.
>
> Back in college, we used to play with lighting things with flammable
> propellants (ISTR that Right Gard was a favorite). Although the flame
> is quite impressive, it is fairly harmless. You can even run your hand
> through it, if you're quick. And without an enclosed space, it simply
> will not explode. Does leave nasty black marks on paint tho, which are
> hard to remove <g>
>
> There was a thread on rec.crafts.metalworking some months ago to the
> effect that WD-40 had tried switching to a non-flammable propellant, but
> got so many complaints that they switched back.
>
> Randall - "those scars don't hardly show at all, now"
>
> Anthony Zager wrote:
> >
> > Is WD-40 flammable? If so, would this be dangerous at all?
> >
> > Tony Zager
> > 1963 TR 4
> >
> > Michael Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > or WD-40.
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > >From: "Beth and Ken" <BethKen@erols.com>
> > > >To: <HMENTZEN@aol.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > > >Subject: Re: Stalled after the mother of all puddles
> > > >Date: Sat, Sep 11, 1999, 10:53 AM
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Spray that distributor cap (on the inside) with some CRC.
> > > >
> > > > ken shapiro
> > > > baltimore
> > > > VERY HOT 1970 GT6+ KC81872L
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: HMENTZEN@aol.com <HMENTZEN@aol.com>
> > > > To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > > > Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 6:04 AM
> > > > Subject: Stalled after the mother of all puddles
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>I'm looking for suggestions to get the 79 Spit running again. It died
>as I
> > > >>was going through a busy intersection and I was able to coast to a stop
>off
> > > >>the road. I waited for about 10 minutes before trying to start it. It
> > > > cranked
> > > >>but wouldn't catch. It puffed once but just wouldn't start. I left the
>car
> > > > in
> > > >> a driveway( the woman was very nice about it) I plan to try to start it
> > > > this
> > > >>morning but I'll bring a dry set of plugs to try. I think I must have
> > > > flooded
> > > >>it. I'm looking for other suggestions. Wiping out the dist. cap didn't
>make
> > > >>any difference. TIA
> > > >>Hans Mentzen & Sarah Berhardt (79 Spit)
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
>
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