Not to mention, cooling the radiator won't help at all, considering it's the water pump that failed. On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Chris Luke wrote:
Sean Donelan wrote (on Sep 13):
Speaking with a mechanical engineer, he suggested you may be able to restore some generator operation by continiously running a water/hose over the outside of the radiator. Not so much to clean it, but to act as once-through heat transfer to cool the engine.
I hope you can get it going again.
The radiator yes. Just try not to get the engine block too wet. Rapid cooling of a hot engine can cause the metalwork to fatigue quickly, at worst, or warp it at best. :( I know someone who managed to crack a piston shaft this way once on a regular engine.
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