JH>Used to use 30 30 in the aircooled VW and/or the lawn mower. Why? Because th   
   JH>engine tolerances were loose to accomodate for the expansion of a hot air   
   JH>cooled engine during heating and cooling. VW had more problems when their   
   JH>aircooled engines got bigger and ran hotter. They kept playing with alloy   
   JH>combinations that would allow the engine the ability to expand and contract.   
   JH>So... they played with the ratio of aluminum, silicon and magnesium.  It was   
   JH>well known that if your Porsche 914 engine caught fire, then you should aban   
   JH>the car and and just watch as the magnesium did it's fireworks display and m   
   JH>like the wicked witch in the wizard of oz. Nothing you could do about it.   
      
   Ibn fact as I recal lputting Water on a Magnesium fire actially made it   
   worse as the fire burned so hot that the instant flashing of the water   
   to steam provided more oxygen for the fire.   
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