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Jul 6, 2017 | 01:42 PM

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ALBUQ F-1

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It certainly didn't do it any good. The "steam" is almost certainly antifreeze solution that was hiding out in the water passages. Very hard to drain every last bit out.

Jul 6, 2017 | 02:17 PM

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Ricardo Chambers

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once again I prove The old adage

good judgment is based on experience
Unfortunately
Experience is usually based on bad judgment

Jul 7, 2017 | 05:17 AM

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Ricardo Chambers

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Originally Posted by Ricardo Chambers

once again I prove The old adage

good judgment is based on experience
Unfortunately
Experience is usually based on bad judgment

I've been frantically reading about drag racing and tractor pulling with a dry block
operating temperatures
boiling points of glycol
engine head temperature

NEW MEANING FOR DRY RUN
I started the engine once and turned it off after a few seconds, checked it for oil pressure, got the phone camera
and rolled the video.
The second run was about 1minute.
it was running nicely on full manual advance.
If I broke it doing that, the bad news is I have about $1000 worth of ebay parts and a 300 pound flower pot
the good news?
I'm a lot smarter than I was two days ago...

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Jul 7, 2017 | 03:56 PM

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Running it for that short time shouldn't hurt it.

Jul 7, 2017 | 05:25 PM

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Ricardo Chambers

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Originally Posted by abe

Running it for that short time shouldn't hurt it.

that's what I wanna hear
I think you're right 👍

Jul 7, 2017 | 06:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricardo Chambers

Once again I prove The old adage
good judgment is based on experience.
Unfortunately,experience is usually based on bad judgment.

There will always be some moisture present in porous materials, as this comes from ambient conditions. In the case of an old engine block, there are many cavities that can escape evaporation, especially if there has been propylene introduced (anti-freeze). That would be the "steam" that you saw boiling off.