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Date:         Thu, 2 Feb 1995 01:07:12 GMT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "P.J. Kenny" <gremlin@iol.ie>
Subject:      Re: :) Water 'n' Diesels.  Welcome to vEnnis. 

Responding to msg by dbax@mindspring.com (Donald Baxter) on Tue, 31 Jan 5:3 PM

>>The guy at the garage looked at the service truck and said >>- I wouldn't drive a diesel through there.

>Well I wouldn't either. All you need to do is splash >some of that water into your air intake, have some of >that cold water get sucked into your combustion >chambers that are heated to about a million degrees F >and "poof" there goes your engine! Drive slow, very >slow through water with any diesel automobile.

NOW you tell me!!!

--- Schponfirkle! from the Water Rat.

(PS. Because the air intake is on top of the engine and connected to the intake on the bonnet, I was able to go through a puddle that a 4x4 wouldn't. This means : 1. I am *really* dumb or 2. He was a yellabelly.)

(And an idiot in a Toyota Hi-Ace (with a LOW air intake on the side) tried to follow and couldn't! <cue derisive comments and manical laughter> )

- gremlin@iol.ie - aka the Bushrat - vennis, co. clare, ireland - - 'ever see "Das Boot"? ... yeah, a film about my T4. A U-wagen.' -

"I met someone who looks a lot like you She does the things you do But she is an I.B.M." - 'Yours Truly, 2095', ELO


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