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Originally Posted by andyt11 View Post
I have an article at the shop that I printed out for tehe guys. It's about a poor guy who heated a tiny bit of either brake cleaner or carb cleaner, I can't remember which, but it was the one he doesn't normally use. Caught him out and the fumes did serious and permanent damage. Phosgene gas I believe as previously mentioned. I should try to find that articale and post it on here for info.
Brake cleaner.... Carb cleaner is petro based... it just burns to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen...

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Originally Posted by EarlyPorsche View Post
I use carb cleaner for most things also...never noticed a film. I recently cleaned off an auto trans pan with it and it ended up perfectly clean and seemed film-free.
I've never noticed a film, use carb cleaner on everything...
Old 02-25-2012, 10:51 PM
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