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It might not work now, this was a few years back, before WD-40 and the rest
of the aerosol companies went PC. Mark M-886
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From: "jonathon" <jemery@execpc.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: Humvee Starting problems Try.......
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> > Folks I had a friend who you to start his diesel with WD-40 said it was
> >easier on the vehicle as it had the oil all ready in it.
>
> Have you used WD-40 this way that was recently purchased??? The reason I
> ask is that I talked to the WD-40 people at a trade show, mentioned that
we
> use it for starting engines. Also mentioned that lately the stuff does
not
> seem to work for that purpose anymore. They said that's because the
> propellant used to be butane (or a mix of related light hydrocarbons like
> propane, n-butane, iso-butane, etc, which by the way, a certain mix of
> iso-butane and propane is an exact replacement for R-12 refrigerant!). It
> was the propellant dissolved in the WD-40 product that made it a good
> starting fluid. They said that due to California requirements, the were
> forced to stop using the hydrocarbon propellant and did so nationwide. I
do
> not recall what they use now but they admitted that it was not flamable
like
> before. But then..... maybe they changed it again.
>
> je
>
>
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