On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 08:47 -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote: > ---- Ian Allan <ian.allan@BMTS.COM> wrote: > > > A really hot engine smells REALLY hot. > > How does one smell heat? Are you talking about things starting to boil > off or vaporize that can be detected by olfaction? Yep, I'd say > that's too hot. mcneely In my experience, an overheated engine smells bakey. I attribute it to oil and other schmutz on the engine that normally just sits there at normal operating temperature and just makes the engine look grungy, vaporizing. -- RJS |
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