Date:         Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:26:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
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> Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> After run cooling can be a requirement for many engines depending on use
> and load. Think about this, under load, parts of the engine get hot enough
> to almost glow. Pistons and the inside of the heads may be getting to 600
> or higher. So you pull into the rest stop and immediately shut the engine
> down. That heat has to go somewhere ... Most Diesel truck engines specify 3-5
> minute cool down after operating under load...

Which goes a long way toward explaining why guys with oversized diesel
pickups let their vehicles clatter and bang for many minutes after
arriving in camp. And here I thought they were just jerks.*

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* Since the same guys that drive the noisiest vehicles also tend be the
ones who play their stupid stereos loudly enough to annoy everyone in
earshot, there may be a high correlation between jerkiness and ownership
of oversized diesel pickup trucks.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR