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Old 03-28-2010, 09:05 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...in military driving school, they teach you that when the engine overheats, to immediately stop and shut the engine off...ie: "...turn OFF the FIRE..." that's the quickest way to cool down an engine, short of flooding everything with a hose and water.
I've always been taught to run cabin heater at full blast and leave the engine idling so the water pump is still turning. I guess that's the difference between a small three or four cylinder with a big heater core, and a military truck which might burn more fuel at idle than I do at load.
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