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Good idea No.3 I knew of a guy that wanted to repack the exhaust on his rotary, He worked at a place that had 2 lathes turning stainless shafts all day so he used the swaff from them instead. After repacking it a quick test drive around the block was in order, Unfortunately he didn't think to wash the cutting fluid off it first. When he got back to the workshop the whole block was fully enveloped in a cloud of white smoke with people everywhere trying to find the source, luckily he'd burnt off the worst of the oil and nobody noticed the little remaining smoke coming from his tailpipe.