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Old 08-02-2017, 11:42 AM   #7
flatford8
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Default Re: Born to be born a leaker

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Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe View Post
Dad used to tell of his Dad putting kerosene in the radiator of his Model A one winter. It rotted the hoses.
As far as mixing kerosene and water, as soon as you shut the engine off, the kerosene would float on top of the water, and the water would then freeze on a cold night (or day).
An old guy I used to work with said they used to run it their tractor in the winter. When he said they used kerosene I may have ASS-U-MEd he ment mixing
it with water......Mark
RossF-1, thanks for the explanation of " drip gas"...... Mark
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