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More: USA - California, July 1994

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This is a "coke wash" cleaning of a DC-10 engine in progress. Running the engine at idle, a technician will direct a spray of mild abrasive into the engine to clean off deposits that can cause high heat (EGT). Note the technician is tied to a tug for safety.

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A visitor from - posted Thu December 22, 2011: Industrial strength coffee... ;)
A visitor from Brazil posted Fri December 3, 2010: Wowowow... what a job! 100% adrenalin
A visitor from France posted Wed December 16, 2009: Max Thrust! XD
A visitor from Belgium posted Thu October 29, 2009: Looks like it's a diesel !
A visitor from - posted Sat May 31, 2008: Looks fun!...in a twisted sort of way...
A visitor from United States posted Sat February 2, 2008: I thought this was a DC-10 not an octapos
A visitor from United States posted Mon January 15, 2007: It's only scary if you had to do the top engine!
A visitor from United States posted Tue October 24, 2006: Cool picture, scary job.

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