[Diy_efi] OT: Exhaust Fluid?

[Bill Lawry]

The way I heard it was that the reason Brits drink warm beer us  that Lucas
makes refrigerators.  I think it's because beer tastes better when served
about 45?F.  But ymmv.  Happy new year all!
On Jan 4, 2012 10:31 AM, "Eck, Joel" <Joel.Eck at hp.com> wrote:

> Go to a Nissan dealer and ask for an exhaust bearing for an early 2000's
> Sentra. You will be taken seriously and will be sold an exhaust gasket for
> your trouble. (had to google that one a bit, I forgot what make it was,
> thought it was Benz).
>
> I worked in a parts house for a while where we handled some Lucas
> electrical parts. One customer informed me that he was looking for
> non-Lucas branded parts, because (as he put it) 'Lucas invented darkness'.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org] On
> Behalf Of Aaron
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 08:24
> Cc: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] OT: Exhaust Fluid?
>
> WHAT ?
> Diesel Spark Plugs ?
> Exhaust Fluid ?
> I can't take any more.
>
> Here is a muffler bearing.
> http://gmcmotorhome.info/figs/ypipe/Add-a-90.jpg
> Look at the black part on the frame where the 3" pipe goes through.
> In 1973, the GMC parts book called the silicone ring under that black steel
> ring a muffler bearing.
> By 1974, GMC changed it to an insulator.
>
> Back in the early '90's, I replaced a working sealed beam / non halogen
> Lucas Headlight in a Jaguar. The customer did not like his friends joking
> about the oil sealed inside. The running joke was, "Everything Lucas makes
> leaks oil."
> How I'm thinking it was just blinker fluid.
>
> Seems everything I knew about cars is now upside down.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Holland [mailto:j_holland at btopenworld.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 3:34 AM
> To: Aaron; teeleton at philter.com
> Cc: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] OT: Exhaust Fluid?
>
> This is the area in which I'm currently working. There is a second method
> of
> aftertreatment control which involves burning highly atomised diesel to
> raise the pre-cat temperature of the exhaust, it seems to be less favoured
> by manufacturers because of the detrimental effect on fuel consumption
> figures. It does however mean that jokes about spark plugs for diesel are
> now redundant.
> regards
> James
>
>
>
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