CAUTION re: POWER TUNE

[FreeBeeTony]

Awhile back someone (maybe DonS may he RIP) recommended using Power Tune when installing rubber parts as a lubricant...............works great BTW.
However it is EXTREMELY FLAMABLE!!!
I used it re-installing my elbow I had removed to make it easier to R&R my valve cover........was the last thing I did before starting the engine.
As soon as I cranked the engine I heard a VERY LOUD BOOM...........
I said " WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"............my son pointed to the rubber boot between the elbow and exhaust Y pipe, then he said maybe it was the power tune.........can reads: EXTREMELY FLAMABLE.........AND IT IS!!

Luckily no one was hurt and no damage.
Thought this might be worth mentioning.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I use simple green or 409

 

[Fun Times]

Thanks the caution warning and happy nothing seems damaged, etc. etc. and you didn't become a big firework on the 4th of July yourself.:usa:...Sometimes it's the odd things in life like that can through you for a loop when not expecting it.:boom:

 

[Silverbullet555]

Spit isn't flammable and is what I generally use. I always seem to have it nearby.

 

[fishrdan]

I used paint thinner last time, worked great to keep the bellows adhesive from sticking to itself, until the bellow were positioned. Paint thinner is a slow drying solvent, so it gives plenty of time before it dries out.

Kind-of-related story... In HS one of my buddies was working in his dad's shop, in the winter, with a wood stove. His lazy procedure to fire up the stove was to: load with wood, squirt a bit of lacquer thinner on it, then lite it off. WOOF - FIRE! One day he misplaced the matches and had to go hunting around for them after squirting on the lacquer thinner, but this time it was BOOM - FIRE, as the LQ thinner had all evaporated in the 55 gal drum and it exploded into his face. He wasn't hurt too bad, bunch off singed hair and eyebrows, and his nick-name for several months was Barbeque... :faint2::lol:

 

[Lou C]

wow that was lucky....I prefer to use silicone spray....when dealing with exhaust elbow rubber hoses etc.

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,..... Pretty much all of the stuff We used is flammable, some more so than others,....

I LOVE Power Tune,.... It takes very little to make rubber Super slippery,....
Of all the things Don S taught me, that little gem, I use the most,.....
Right after usin' Perfect Seal on threads, rather than never-seize,......

 

[Lou C]

Ditto on the Perfect Seal/OMC gasket sealer (same stuff). Works great in the salt!

 

[jones01m]

My brother is an electrician and uses dielectric grease for everything. I have been converted also. If you read the ingredients it is just pure silicone. Boots, Hoses, O-rings... pretty much everything that you want slick for a long time to come.

 

[Scott06]

Reminds me of starting my buddies old motorcycle that sat for years... was trying to get it going dribbling gas down the carb... valve must have been sticking and backfired through carb, was holding a empty food container with gas on fire no hose close by. Certainly an attention getter and why I have a fire extinguisher in my tool chest at home now