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Date:         Sat, 4 Dec 2010 21:02:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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At 07:38 PM 12/4/2010, David Beierl wrote...
>  unless gasoline
>behaves differently than it used to (and it might -- it's more of a
>mixture of heavy and light components than when I was young) you can
>spray it on a hot exhaust pipe without it catching fire* (whereas of
>course a small spark will ignite gasoline vapor).  Oil, OTOH, dropped
>on a hot exhaust will burn.


Do you have a source for that? Common sense says it's wrong, and
according to this web site:
http://www.tcforensic.com.au/docs/article10.html#1.1 , the ignition
temperature of gasoline is lower than that of motor oil (257C vs.
260++). Gasoline is also much more volatile, making explosive
combustion more likely.
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