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Subject: Crazy Thing Happened Today
From: rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:37:53 -0500
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> 2) Opening a radiator cap on a boiling over motor is a bad thing.
> "Letting the pressure out" doesnt help in cooling at all not to mention
> you could of been burned.
> Shawn M=E9ze

Actually letting the pressure out compounds the problem as pressure raise=
s
the boiling point of any fluid. He would have been best off to assure tha=
t
the fan was on high and wait. Ah, but for a little patience!

Rick Alexander
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