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- From: johnr@bohra.cpg.oz.au (John Reid)
- Subject: Re: Oil Priming System
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:40:08 GMT
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- "Gary A. Woodward" <p00140@psilink.com> writes:
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- >Did not McDonnell-Douglas pay for a study that found that up to 80% of
- >all engine wear occurs when you start an engine up cold and dry. I will
- >try to get a reference for the net.
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- I've heard of such a study, but I understood that it was conducted by th US
- military, and that the only people who took up on it were the aerospace
- industry.
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- I believe the study was carried out in the late fifties or early sixties.
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