tdi intercooler jammed after 200km (125mls)

On or around Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:07:45 +0000, [email protected]
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:43:24 +0000, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>not only turbos, either - apparently, quite a few Commer 2-strokes were
>>killed by not letting 'em cool down enough after hammering up the then-new
>>M1 at the heady speed of about 45 flat out and the pulling into the
>>services. In that case, it was a hot-running engine and if shut down too
>>hot then the thermal stresses damaged the head.
>
>My understanding was that the commer two stroke fitted in trucks was
>the ts3, another opposed piston engine with no head. I have never had
>anything to do with these engines but they seem to have had a
>reputation for blowing up. I think it is much the same design as the
>multi fuel engine in a 434.

could've been, at that, it sounds right. dunno what failed due to not
cooling it properly then. I never claimed to have a memory.

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So Wolfgang O. Hielscher was, like

> But yes, lurking around here for some time, I found this group both
> very helpful and entertaining.

Some of us do the helping, and some of us do the entertaining. It's called
division of labour and it's more efficient than everyone trying to do
everything. Well, that's my excuse.

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Rich

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