Military-Vehicles: RE: [MV] Gasoline leaking into engine oil

RE: [MV] Gasoline leaking into engine oil

Lars Edin Svaasand (svaasand@nyaal.npolar.no)
Thu, 3 Jul 1997 07:17:36 +0200

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>Note that in WW2 the Germans filled up to 30 percent gasoline in
>the oilsump of their aircraft and vehicle engines, to make the oil
>thinner in the cold of the Russian winter. When the engine warms up,
>the gasoline vaporizes and the oil is as it was before.

Not only Germans, the TM manual for the M29 Weasel also states that gasoline should be added to engine oil for extreme cold.

-Lars Svaasand, Norway

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