Bob,
I used to work at a rail to barge operation. They had a gp7 that we had to
drain each cylinder crank her over a couple of times then close the drains and
start her up. If you didn't get one of the drains closed good and tight it
would sound like that cylinder was missing.
Myron Dudenbostel
Bob Weber wrote:
> 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?
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> Regards,
> Bob
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