New project - 1996 Audi 80 Coupe 2.6 V6. Been off the road for 15 years...external combustion!

[N Dentressangle]

Well that escalated quickly

[Blake's Den]

  On 14/05/2023 at 11:52, N Dentressangle said:

Well that escalated quickly

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Exactly!

[MJK 24]

Maybe complete bollocks, but I’ve got it in my head that the powder from the fire extinguisher can be very corrosive?

Might be a good idea to hose it all away?

That was a very impressive backfire!

[Blake's Den]

  On 14/05/2023 at 12:44, MJK 24 said:

Maybe complete bollocks, but I’ve got it in my head that the powder from the fire extinguisher can be very corrosive?

Might be a good idea to hose it all away?

That was a very impressive backfire!

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Good point. I did hose quite a bit of it off but there is still some lingering around.

Impressive was not the word that I used at the time!

[junkyarddog]

  On 14/05/2023 at 12:44, MJK 24 said:

Maybe complete bollocks, but I’ve got it in my head that the powder from the fire extinguisher can be very corrosive?

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It's not,they are.

I found out the hard way.

It will rot and corrode anything and everything it touches.

[Bren]

Ammonium phospate devours aluminium.

[Richard_FM]

Mercury isn't kind to aluminium either.

 

[Blake's Den]

  On 14/05/2023 at 15:20, Richard_FM said:

Mercury isn't kind to aluminium either.

 

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I don't think that this is an aluminium bodied Audi.  But obviously there are aluminium bits in the engine bay.