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Subject:Re: help diagnosing possible coolant system/ engine damage
From:Al and Sue Brase
Date:Fri, 8 Oct 2004 02:21:48 -0500

It might possibly have rusted coolant pipes by now!  Certainly it leaked
somewhere.
Al Brase
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Dennis Haynes wrote:

>OK, let's assume that they did run it ~30 minutes/month for 2 years.
>That's 12 hours of operation total. Now, this is without any load,
>probably only idling. If it was actually driven, averaging 50 mph, that
>would equate to 600 miles of driving. If it lost enough coolant or oil
>during that use to cause a problem, there was a problem before it went
>to storage. Even if the oil went down a quart, that would not cause any
>grief.
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