On Sat, 9 May 2009 04:55:23 -0500, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:


I would just pour in a couple of buckets of doluted bleach and can run
the pump for a few minutes with it. Would that work?

i

The coolant can get splashed all over while cutting. So if you just run
the pump you may not get into all the nooks and crannies on your machine.
At work they have a specially built pump and wand to spray the
disinfectant around and scrub the really dirty spots. Then they rinse
everything out.


Nothing wrong with cleaning, but everybody is just scaring you. These guys
are anaerobic, won't live long in an O2 rich area like a machine surface.
Keep the oil film off the top of the sump and give the coolant a bit of O2
daily, you won't have trouble again.



Karl

True indeed. Run a fish pump an hour or day with a decent stone on it
and ou will be golden.

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minimum food or water,in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing
clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do---
his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.
The True Believer doesn't care 'how hard it is'; he knows he either wins or he dies.
He doesn't go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the 'Cause.' Now, who wants to quit?"

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