

| Subject: | Re: wasserboxer |
| From: | Mark Dorm |
| Date: | Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:37:00 PDT |
Will this help extend the life of the bearings as well? >From: John Rodgers <inua@HiWAAY.net> >In the Aviation world aircraft engines are never shut down suddenly after >hard >use. They are idled for several minutes to allow the oil pumps to scavenge >up >oil into the oil tanks, and to allow temperatures to equilize to some >degree, >working their way towards lower than normal operating temperatures at >power. > >Same principle applies to the WBX. Let that little sucker idle a bit so >coolant >can circulate and carry away the excess heat from the heads that is created >by >hard running. You will lengthen the life of the engine.....and the head >components. > >John Rodgers >88GL Driver in Birmingham, AL > >SpaceKommander wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 00:50:52 -0500 > > From: Ken Nelson <bm30@uswest.net> > > Subject: Re: WasserBoxer > > > > > Do you drive 70+ on the > > > >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn >off > > > >the engine? > > > > > > Heat soak. Your heads are very very hot but the engine isn't overheating >as > > you are going down the highway and getting a nice airflow through your > > radiator and the RPMs are high enough that you have a good coolant flow > > volume. But, now you instantly shut it all down - but the heads are >still > > very hot - now the coolant that is no longer flowing has to absorb all >the > > heat - and can start boiling . . . . . _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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