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Subject:Re: Freeing up a frozen engine?
From:Mike
Date:Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:58:47 -0500

Yes, the phosphoric acid in Coke is an excellent de-ruster. It's found in
many de-rusting or rust coversion products, too.
  An air-cooled VW engine is commonly used on experimental aircraft; see Bob
Hoovers Blogs;

http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/

  And, oh, BTW, a waterboxer or "WBX" is not the same as an air-cooled VW
engine.........
they're much simpler, cheaper and more reliable than our beloved Vanagon WBX
engines.  We love 'em anyways!

Mike B.

It uses a VW
> boxer motor!  Talk about being not too smart...Would you fly around with
> your life depending on a waterboxer motor's dependability?  I don't think
> so...Hope he wasn't planning on using the "Porch motor" in his Long-EZ kit
> plane....
>  Don Hanson
>
>
> Scott wrote:
>
> Re: Frozen engine
>
> this is really good for a laugh.
> The guy is building an AIRPLANE and he's not smart enough to store an
> engine
> half properly ???? !
> Makes a great story though.
> Surprised it didn't use a little oil, or smoke some at least.
> all fun though.
> Scott
>
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