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Old 19th Jan 2014, 22:49
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awblain
 
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What's oil fume?

It might be difficult to define chemically, but it's easy to define physically - it's anything that makes its way from the unpleasantly toxic - but essentially performing - engine lubricant into the lungs and brains onboard, whether burned, toasted or evaporated.

Anything from the white smoke when gathered pools of oil burn, to blue haze from tiny particles, to this "socks" smell.
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