On 05/24/2012 06:27 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 09:07 PM 5/24/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> yet hearing about doing so being "[...] actively harmful to the engine." > > I'm thinking of extended time needed to evaporate acids and moisture out > of the sump, possibly ditto for the muffler. Possible overloading of the > CAT from excess unburned hydrocarbons. B-but since it ain't easy or inexpensive to pull the thermostat, do we /know/ that those things happen, and happen so badly that we risk a prematurely failed CAT or engine damage from them acids and moisture? If someone can point to evidence I'll get the thermostat replaced soonest. Otherwise, not. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia. |
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