Date:         Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:06:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Peanut oil on exhaust system?
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I clean the exhaust in a Thai restaurant that uses sesame oil... that stuff
just sticks and turns to booger snot- then everything else sticks to it. On
the other hand, once it sets up it is nearly impenetrable. Probably make
your system last forever if you didn't mind all the crap that would be stuck
to it. Makes me wonder what it does to the innards of the folks that eat a
lot of that food. If the Professor had a bucket of the stuff he coulda fixed
the Minnow.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "monte merrick" <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Peanut oil on exhaust system?


> why not just by pam or vegelene - spray it on with aerosol
>
> from an aesthetic POV (aroma) i think you have to go with sesame oil
> or for cost's sake a peanut/sesame blend
>
> good luck
>
> monte
>
> If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore
> it to
> him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau
>
> On 23 Apr 2007, , at 21:59, Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> The fumes would probably kill some poor kid with a peanut allergy...
>> or an
>> wandering elephant might show an unhealthy interest in your van. AFAIK
>> the
>> commonly-used cooking oil with the highest 'smoke point' is canola
>> oil. You
>> can get hand-held pump sprayers in the kitchen section at Wally-world
>> or
>> wherever for spraying cooking oil, if you really wanted to give that a
>> go
>> (the oil is too thick for regular garden sprayers generally) . Let us
>> know
>> how it works for you. : )
>>
>> Cya,
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 9:40 PM
>> Subject: Peanut oil on exhaust system?
>>
>>
>>> How about slathering a new exhaust system with peanut oil, every time
>>> you drive it, until a coating, not unlike a black iron skillet, is
>>> built
>>> up?
>>>
>>> It may not do anything to protect the system but folks would surely be
>>> impressed by the way your van smells when you drive by.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>