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Date:         Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:22:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual),
              Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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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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