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- From: 585110914@vill.edu (Lonely Wolf)
- Subject: Re: Is it OK to wash off the engine?
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:19:00 GMT
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- >>|> In my heartful opinion, you should not wash the engine at all,
- >>|> but steam it. Water will cause rust, but steam wouldn't.
-
- steam/wash... is all water... all can cause rust...however...
- there is one very good reason NOT to steam...
-
- the nature of steam cleaning vs liquid water cleaning is simple...
- steam consists of superheated water VAPOR... this vapor is made up of
- very small parts (water clumps together rather nicely in liquid form)
- those very small parts of water are capable of penetrating deep into
- the recesses of your engine block, heads, pan, accessories...etc...
- from here, the water vapor condenses and can become trapped in the
- engine... if you have ever completely stripped a car to the barest of
- bones, you may have learned that water will generally not cause rust
- unless it has a place to sit... and that is just what it does in your
- engine.... steam cleaning, especially frequent steam cleaning may
- cause severe internal rusting in the engine.... something which liquid
- water cleaning will not usually do... and if it does... you needed a
- hell of a lot more than just an engine wash....
-
- BTW... the first thing most used car places do... is steam clean... it
- does work VERY well... but it has it's risks... now, you are warned....
-
- BTBTW... i really oversimplified the nature of what water does.. but it
- is accurate... being a chemist, i know these things... 8)
- Coyote Nizhoni
- Michael D. Scoble
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