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Engine Running motor with no coolant

  • Thread starter Thread starter fredfifty
  • Start date Start date Jul 4, 2018

fredfifty

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Just put motor in, wanted to run it for a few seconds to see how it runs. Should be fine right?
 

Mustang5L5

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Should be fine for a minute or two. Keep it short
 
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dcurtis

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Perfectly fine just don’t go too long, wouldn’t go more than 2 minutes or so
 
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