Diesel Engine Question

["Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>]

I was once told that early (middle 1950's) road diesels like the F7 sometimes 
had to set at a terminal in idle overnite rather than be shut down. The excuse 
I was told was that each cylinder had to be drained before restarting and since 
the engine had 16 cylinders this work and time required wasn't cost effective 
compared to letting it idle overnite. Is any of this true?

Regards,
Bob


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