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Old 12-17-2011, 12:20 PM   #19
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Default Re: oil detergant or non det.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Bob View Post
it might break loose sludge that's marginally bound to the mass, but not the tightly agglomerated stuff.
ag·glom·er·ate (-glm-rt)
tr. & intr.v. ag·glom·er·at·ed, ag·glom·er·at·ing, ag·glom·er·ates To form or collect into a rounded mass.

adj. (-r-t) Gathered into a rounded mass.

n. (-r-t) 1. A confused or jumbled mass; a heap.

2. A volcanic rock consisting of rounded and angular fragments fused together.

[Latin agglomerre, agglomert-, to mass together : ad-, ad- + glomerre, to form into a ball (from glomus, glomer-, ball).]

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