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Old 06-07-2021, 10:32 AM   #8
Vics Stuff
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Default Re: head torque method?

I have to agree with Frank Miller. Run the engine until warm to the touch not HOT to the touch.

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Originally Posted by Frank Miller View Post
You are not going to hurt an engine running no coolant until it is warm to the touch. I see what the person is doing here. With all the weeping you read about on new installations, by doing the heat cycle the way they suggest the way they suggest everything stays dry until its done. It's thinking outside the box. Before you lecture me on the perils of running an engine with no water remember you are doing nothing different than what an air cooled engine does.
I'm not endorsing this method but just trying to explain what the logic is.
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