[Steam-engine] Small hand hole plates

[Andrew]

Spencer,
Mud, dirt and possibly other minerals get into the boiler through the
water supply. Even if the water looks clear it can still carry small
amounts. I do have well water, and I keep my water tanks clean. If the
water is clean you have to run alot of water through it before your start
noticing mud. I run my engine all summer and only cleaned it out twice and
it wasn't that dirty.
Andrew.

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Spencer Yost wrote:

> OK, I'm totally ignorant about steam engines:  How in the world does mud
> get in a boiler?  ( I understand a little scale, a touch of dirt if you use
> well water, but mud???   Y'all will have to explain it to me).
>
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> On 1/28/2005 at 11:09 AM Andrew wrote:
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> >How often do ya'll clean out the mud in your engines? Quite a bit of the
> >mud seems to collect up near the front tube sheet on mine...
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