"RD Sandman" > wrote in message
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>> "RD Sandman" > wrote in message
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>>> Just Wondering > wrote in
>>> news:yJYKy.77751$uT1.20242 @fx27.iad:
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>>>> On 3/30/2016 1:35 PM, Coon Catastrophes wrote:
>>>>> One Texas woman's parting shot was anything but cheap as she
>>>>> took aim at one of her former flame's prized possessions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quindolyn Kauffman was arrested after allegedly confronting her
>>>>> ex-boyfriend and disabling his brand-new Rolls Royce with a
>>>>> single gunshot.
>>>>>
>>>>> The 23-year-old is accused of driving after her old beau Darrell
>>>>> Jones on a major road in Houston around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning
>>>>> before pulling in front of him and stopping, police told CW39.
>>>>>
>>>>> Police say she then opened fire into the grill of his luxury car.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jones, a 41-year-old jeweler, was not injured but his engine
>>>>> began leaking oil, forcing him to pull into a hotel parking lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> A bodyguard for the merchant - who has a private security detail
>>>>> because of his business - followed Kauffman while police were
>>>>> alerted.
>>>>>
>>>>> She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,
>>>>> according to KPRC.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...n-disables-ex-
>>>>> boyfriend-rolls-royce-shot-article-1.2575747
>>>>>
>>>> I can see how firing into the grill would make the coolant leak.
>>>> But how would a shot into the grill cause an oil leak?
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>>> Some cars have an oil cooler in the radiator.
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>> Plus slugs slamming into an aluminum block are likely to damage it
>> enough to cause an oil leak.
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> Assuming it got that far and had enough energy left after penetrating a
> grill and a radiator. But, an aluminum block......

Well, neither a grill nor radiator is going to do much at slowing down a
slug unless it's a really small, light slug.

And aluminum usually doesn't handle sharp impact loadings well.