On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:31:58 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

|On 25 Jan 2006 05:07:47 -0800, wrote:
|
| the expansion of the radiator causes movement.
|
|That is what is causing the noise. Expansion against a "sticky"
|surface tension builds up enough to overcome the stickion and "click"
|or on the case of one of ours "doing" quite loud... Track down the
|sticky contact point and lubricate it, not sure what with oils will
|evaporate, grease will melt. Graphite powder?

Candle grease is traditional.
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