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Date:         Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:03:29 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Can you run without coolant...
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4D08EBF4.302@charter.net>
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At 11:25 AM 12/15/2010, John Rodgers wrote:
>Just as an aside - my Alaska business partners kid drove an Isuzu diesel
>from Anchorage to Kenai (about 150 miles) with no coolant in the engine
>and it didn't destroy the thing. Didn't phase it in fact. He fixed the
>problem - broken/burst coolant hose - and drove it another couple of
>years. It was really cold when he did this stunt -(like -35F) - which
>I'm sure made the difference in the survival of that engine.


  I imagine the iron block helped as well...


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