At 09:15 AM 1/23/2003, George Goff wrote:
>What chance is there that this atomized lubricant, carried by the air flow,
>buffeted about by the eddy currents of laminar flow, is going to flush away
>the dirt and soak into the self-lubricated bronze bearings?

Pretty poor, you ask me -- but if the original premise is correct that the
airflow is dropping dirt there, one might just get some trace of lube there
too, which might just possibly alleviate the situation for a week or
three.  Even so, not sure the game is worth the candle...strike that,
pretty sure it's not unless you have a spare heater box in good shape lying
around.

>Is it really a good idea to spray an atomized form of God-knows-what,
>propelled by God-knows-what into an enclosure containing a sparking set of
>electrical brushes?

Well lessee...the atomized oil is no doubt flammable.  The propellant these
days is likely to be either CO2 or butane or a butane/propane mix -- could
get pretty interesting if you managed to reach the LEL...might save taking
off the dash.  At the very least trying to light the spray under controlled
conditions (like we used to do with cans of Right-Guard lo these many years
ago) might provide either reassurance or singed eyebrows...

>Will your kiddies be sucking up a molecular form of residual God-knows-what
>every time the windshield is defogged?

Doubt it...more likely to degrade the plastic bits, maybe the seals and
such if any are left.  And maybe make the windshield oily...

>Do you really think it is a good idea to obstruct the air flow to a fan
>cooled motor?

No -- but what Frank's suggesting wouldn't obstruct the flow, just keep it
from getting to a particular third of a square inch where the end of the
motor shaft is exposed.  I'm not sure it will help, but pretty sure it
won't hurt anything if the shaft doesn't get all gummed up with
adhesive.  That's the one part that I think might make useful sense and not
likely to cause a problem, assuming it stays put and doesn't get sucked
through the blower.

:)
david

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