diesel ebgines also (I'm told) leak from every
possible point once they are allowed to cool down.
It's the laws of expansion and contraction. When hot
and expanded all joints are tight but cooled and
contracted the pipes start to leak like a rain shower.
--- Bob Weber <eng95@a...> 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?
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
>
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>
>
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