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Old 07-10-2007, 02:45 PM
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Default WD-40 for cleaning engine?

Is using WD-40 on a nitro RC-car engine a bad or good thing?

My friends will usually at first run the engine completely empty, then spray quite a bit of WD-40 directly into the cab while turning the motor for some time. I have heard a lot of different things about WD-40 -- how some people say you should use it for certain things, while others say the direct opposite, that you shouldn't use it, e.g. to clean a motorcycle chain.

Should I do this to my engine?

And question two:

Does it hurt the engine if it is operated normally, then the engine is killed by blocking the exhaust; then letting the car rest for a few months, with the fuel tank half full?