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Re: [T3] do engines blow up?

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Subject: Re: [T3] do engines blow up?
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 20:09:30 -0500
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On 2 May 2003 at 9:32, Nate Peterson wrote:

> A friend of mine said his buddies down in Santa Cruz have been putting
> VW engine blocks in a bonfire and they blow up!!!
> He says they glow green and then BOOM!!!
> 
> Could this really happen?!
> 
> They are saying that the block is made of magnesium and that's why it
> blows up with the heat.

I wouldn't call it an explosion, but I also wouldn't want to be close to it. 
Yes, the standard block is a magnesium alloy and a magnesium fire is an awsome 
thing to behold.    

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