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Petrol, short for "petroleum spirit"...
Posted by BillJ [Email] (more from BillJ) on Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:35:15
In Reply to: Re: Power steering fluid, Ari [Profile/Gallery]
, Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:06:17
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...in most of the English-speaking world, with the notable exception of the US, who have come up with an even shorter name for it.
Petroleum spirit is, I suppose, a rather quaint name these days for a particular light fraction of the petroleum (crude oil) that is pumped from the ground and it is the major constituent of the stuff we burn in our 9000s (some 900s and 9-3s burn the gooier stuff instead).
i.e. "petrol" = "gasoline".
We'll teach you people some English yet :)
Posts in this Thread:
- Power steering fluid, Aussie 9kt fan, Tue, 3 Jul 2001 07:20:48
- Re: Power steering fluid, Aussie 9kt fan, Wed, 4 Jul 2001 05:22:23
- Ask GM dealer, MarkusJ, Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:55:57
- Re: GM steering fluid, 94 9000 CSE T, Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:44:51
- Re: Power steering fluid, Ari , Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:06:17
- Re: Power steering fluid, Bill D, Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:03:01
- Oz Auto-trans. Fluid., Rolf I., Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:30:16
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