Re: Water Wetter

[Robert Myers <rmyers@wvit.wvnet.edu>]

Well of course it's flammable.  All oils will burn.  Including the snake
variety.  :-)

At 04:23 PM 4/11/96 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thursday, 11 Apr 1996, Andrew Duane USG/PE wrote:
>
>> > >I hear it is also flammable - blow a coolant hose and pooooof!
>> > >
>> > >A Pro-Rally friend toasted his car with the stuff -he says NEVER AGAIN!
>> > >Run away FAST!
>> 
>> I have some water wetter, but haven't used it yet. As I recall,
>> you add about 2 ounces to a radiator full of coolant. It's hard
>> to imagine how that would be flammable.
>
>Since your coolant is probably flamable in the first place, I don't see 
>how much difference that would make.  I have been told that the 
>garden-variety 50/50 ethylene glycol and water mix is flamable, but I 
>have never attempted to prove it.
>
>Phil
>
>

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	Bob 
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