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Old 07-05-2002, 11:05 AM
schooner schooner is offline
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permanent damage

Serious permanent damage is probably unlikely these engines are designed to take a certain amount of human forgetfulness. Once while hitchiking I was picked up by a large diesel mercedes truck. The truck wasn't running that well and the driver said he had it on the dynamometer (sp?) that morning and it was only putting 147 hp on the ground instead of the 250 the truck was rated for. I asked if he knew the cause. He said it may have something to do with the 160,000 miles on the engine and that he had only changed the oil once in that period. He worked for Mercedes-Benz and the company policy was to abuse and torture the truck to death. then they did an autopsy to determine the cause of death and used that information to redisgn the engine. You should be okay.
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