Re: [Amc-list] '63 Ambo questions

[Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:28:10PM -0500, Don wrote:
 
> Before you decide to turf the circulating heater, and provided you're 
> going to be driving the car in a lot of cold weather, I would heed the 
> advice of an oldtimer engine rebuilder who told me that you could give 
> him a stripped down block and he could tell you which bank the block 
> heater was mounted on.
> Claimed the cylinders closest to the heater were the most worn because 
> the heat would wash the oil off the cylinder walls that were nearby and 
> the rest would still have oil at startup.
> FWIW
> Don

That's interesting.  I wonder how close to the cylinder wall the heater
has to be before the proximity heating starts to take effect as described?

jl

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