"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:56:15 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


Instead I sprayed the engine and underside with LPS-3 in the hope it
would seep into the thread gaps enough to keep out water. Generally
they have loosened easily when I did need to remove them years
later,
but a few hidden ones rusted and were much harder to remove.

Didn't the waxy film of LPS-3 (I've not used it yet) cause the
engine
to act like a dirt magnet?

It can be wiped off flat surfaces.