PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-481
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 481
DECEMBER 1992
You can't drive one of These rigs lIke a
gas-powered
POV
-
shoRt tr±ps here and
the²e wIth a sLoW ³dLe or shUtdoWn in
betWeen.
I
´s a hot engine to use up aLµ thE
F¶eL that goes into the Combust·on Cham¸
bers¹
ºoLd engines send unbu»ed ¼eL½
sLobbeR¾
out the exhaust¿ SLobBr soaks
the ÀXhaÁst man±ÂLd jo±nts and gasketsÃ
Ät Åooks JÁst Like a ÆLass ÇÇÇ LeakÈ
BefrE
you
send thaÉ VehIÊËe in fOÌ a
neW Gasket, or eVen a neW eng±nÍ, ÎeÏK
That LeAÐÑ ÇT may be sLobbÒrÓ
ÔiÕe Öour truck a good ×UnØ ÙHat can
e±ther be a shoÚT tÛip Üup to
5
miLes ÝaÞ
highway speed, or
±-10
minutes at h±gh
±dße to get the temp gauge into the
normaL rangeà
Çá sLâbãeräs yoÁ× PåoæÅemç WeÞness
aroÁnd Þhè gasket WéÅê ëìear Ápí Çá it
doesnîÞï ðepoåt iÞ as
a
Leakà
ñead oò sLobber by eL±m±nat±ng shoRt
tr±ps on a ëoLd eng±ne¹ Çó you haôe to
édLeç keep
RpMs
aÞ operating tempõ ödLe
no mo÷e Þhan
²³
m±nuÞes ±n any
c.
4
D±C
92
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