" Well.....
hopefully you can relate:
I wanted to flush the radiator and
the engine of years of gunk. So I drained the crank case....
put some radiator flush and crankcase cleaner in the crank and two quarts
of Mystery Oil.... brought in a battery and figured.... hmmmmm.
I wonder if I can start it given that all this stuff wants the engine to
run for 10 minutes.
I found an old volvo fuel pump....
hooked it all up to a 5 gallon can of gas.... let it run for about
30 seconds... and low and behold... stepped on the gas pedal and the
thing started. I put it in gear... drove out to the end of the
drive way and the car died.
Ok. SO far so good.
I hooked up the fuel pump for five seconds and got back in
the car. Stepped on the gas.... couldn't start.... tried
again and the engine "coughed". Like a small back fire.
Five seconds later... the car was engulfed in a fire
ball of flame. Seems the wire for the fuel pump touched the car body in
a point of contact and kept running.
So... there is nothing
worse than sitting in a burning car ... a woody no less and seeing it all go up
in one horrendous fireball.
SO I managed to get out... run up the
drive way.... turn on the hose..... (( don't put water on a gas
fire right?) and within about 30 seconds... put the damn
fire out. Including the driveway itself.
Much to my surprise... there was no damage and the engine is now much
cleaner. Huh. And it starts really easy now!!!
Who would have guessed?
SO.... I unhooked
everything once I drained everything out.... and drove it back into the garage.
And decided to go take a nap.
Fortunately my wife
was out of town.... so I wasn't scolded and there was no one to see me
look like a complete idiot and fool.
I seem to have gotten away
with it.
I don't suppose that is what the directions meant by ...
let the engine warm up for 10 minutes and then drain fluids.
DO
you?"
Joel Adams
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