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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!mercury!fivegl!derek
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Petrol leak
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.063920.27421@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
- From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 06:39:20 GMT
- References: <53110022@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> <1992Aug16.221331.5741@osf.org>
- Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1992Aug16.221331.5741@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- >In article <53110022@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>
- >leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence Leong) writes:
- >>Is there any method of checking for petrol leaks?
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- >Smartassed answer: Yup. With a match. :-)
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- I was goint to say that!
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- Seriously. For those really hard to find leaks. Dry the offending area
- carefully. Then puff some talcum/baby powder all round the area and wait.
- Later check to see where the powder has become damp or been washed off.
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- This doesn't work if you drive home in the rain in the mean time.
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- > -Kenny "how d'ya make a cat go "WOOF"? Crudup
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- Derek "How do you make a dog purr? Fit bigger carburettors" Tearne
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- Derek Tearne. -- derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz -- Fujitsu/ICL New Zealand --
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