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Coming back from Basildon essex I got stuck in bad traffic on london Bridge, The truck overheated big time. It devoloped a knocking rattle on over run, Big ends shot, bent conrod,Got the engine stripped Crankshaft regrind new rings, conrod, Gaskets etc,Oh the Joys of owning an American truck in Eng
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Re: That's blown it!
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Hobcobble
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Date: September 19, 2012 11:27AM
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john in england
Coming back from Basildon essex I got stuck in bad traffic on london Bridge, The truck overheated big time. It devoloped a knocking rattle on over run,
Big ends shot, bent conrod,Got the engine stripped Crankshaft regrind new rings, conrod, Gaskets etc,Oh the Joys of owning an American truck in England,
Cheers all
John
John,
If you haven't re-assembled your engine, make sure you
hot tank [or equivalent] your engine block to get all
the sediment out of the lower end of it. You might also
give thought to having your radiator flow tested to make
sure it isn't clogged up.
John
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