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Not to mention, cooling the radiator won't help at all, considering it's the water pump that failed. On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Chris Luke wrote: > > Sean Donelan wrote (on Sep 13): > > Speaking with a mechanical engineer, he suggested you may be > > able to restore some generator operation by continiously running > > a water/hose over the outside of the radiator. Not so much to > > clean it, but to act as once-through heat transfer to cool the > > engine. > > > > I hope you can get it going again. > > The radiator yes. Just try not to get the engine block too wet. > Rapid cooling of a hot engine can cause the metalwork to fatigue > quickly, at worst, or warp it at best. :( I know someone who managed to > crack a piston shaft this way once on a regular engine. > > Chris. > -- > == [email protected] T: +44 20 7900 4444 > == Group Network Manager for Easynet Group PLC F: +44 845 333 0122 > -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, [email protected], latency, Al Reuben -- -- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net --
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