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[STMO123]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

[AndyVXR300]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

If only my car's had service intervals like that i would be so much better off in the pocket

[STMO123]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

If only my car's had service intervals like that i would be so much better off in the pocket

At least your car will probably see 100,000...doubt mine will

[Del Boy]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

If only my car's had service intervals like that i would be so much better off in the pocket

At least your car will probably see 100,000...doubt mine will

Why? My mate bought an 08 reg 1.6 VVT Astra Club nice little engine that revs well too. What up with yours mate?

[STMO123]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

If only my car's had service intervals like that i would be so much better off in the pocket

At least your car will probably see 100,000...doubt mine will

Why? My mate bought an 08 reg 1.6 VVT Astra Club nice little engine that revs well too. What up with yours mate?

The astra is now the wife's Liam. I've got a meriva. 75,000 and starting to sound a bit 'tired'.

[Del Boy]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

If only my car's had service intervals like that i would be so much better off in the pocket

At least your car will probably see 100,000...doubt mine will

Why? My mate bought an 08 reg 1.6 VVT Astra Club nice little engine that revs well too. What up with yours mate?

The astra is now the wife's Liam. I've got a meriva. 75,000 and starting to sound a bit 'tired'.

Next door but one had one of them for 2 months and sold it after a lot of niggly problems. Not good cars by all accounts they got a 55 reg focus now.

[NaughtyNigel]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

Some large engines have their oil changed whilst they are actually running. And some of the biggest engines are two stroke diesels. That way they don't need a gearbox to go astern - they just stop the engines and run them backwards.

Many big diesels also use copressed air start, as it would be impossible to start them with an electric motor.

And, for what its worth, the biggest single engine at present produces some 85,000 BHP at around 100 RPM. That is serious bottom end torque!

I'm sad aren't I?  

NN

[Omega man 2]

.... All of which proves my theory that if you keep the engine oil warm the engine will last much longer.  

NN

National express coaches, which are up and down the motorway all day, and usually have their engines left running in between, only need servicing every 100,000 miles

Some large engines have their oil changed whilst they are actually running. And some of the biggest engines are two stroke diesels. That way they don't need a gearbox to go astern - they just stop the engines and run them backwards.

Many big diesels also use copressed air start, as it would be impossible to start them with an electric motor.

And, for what its worth, the biggest single engine at present produces some 85,000 BHP at around 100 RPM. That is serious bottom end torque!

I'm sad aren't I?  

NN

Can't figure that one out :-?

[Andy B]

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Many big diesels also use copressed air start, as it would be impossible to start them with an electric motor.
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Grey Funnel line had air start starters for the diesel driven gennies, a  reliable reserve of stored energy that could be piped up from various locations, for stating when you're in the dark!! I don't think that it was anything to do with an electric starter not being capable.
On the grand scale of diesels our 2 gennies weren't particularly big, but he starters were probably the size of an old style dustbin!

[Andy B]

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Can't figure that one out :-?

Drain to min ....... fill to max. Leave it a day/whatever, drain to min ..... fill to max. A bit like an old car with an oil leak!    

[Martin_1962]

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100 MPH on a CD175?   That would have needed a very steep cliff and a strong following wind. And you could only do it in the dry during daylight hours as the brakes were crap in the wet and the headlight was like a candle in a brown bottle.   ......

You've ridden one then!!       I think I managed about 65 mph, lying as low on the tank as I could ..... which was probably lower than I could mange now  
I think it was 100 ....... it was showing as fast as the clock would read.

No, I had a CB125 (single) which could just about make 70 MPH on a good day. Mine had the drum brake on the front which was not too bad when it was dry, but if it got water inside was lethal. And the 6 volt headlight .....  

I then got a 400 four, which was altogether better, although it took a cast iron front brake disk, Cibie headlight and Dunlop tyres to make it safe in the wet and at night.

Edit: I should add that I eventually regressed to a 250 LC Yamaha, followed by a 350 N2 YPVS, which I still have. In terms of sheer grin factor those two bikes are unbeatable.  

Happy days.  

NN

I had a GP100, front brake was brilliant in the dry, OK in the wet - but then you do not brake hard in the wet, tyres were not grippy, lights were pathetic - ok maybe not pathetic but dangerously poor, but it would do 80mph

[Martin_1962]

Mileage - I think some High Speed Trains have managed 7 million miles

[NaughtyNigel]

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Can't figure that one out :-?

Drain to min ....... fill to max. Leave it a day/whatever, drain to min ..... fill to max. A bit like an old car with an oil leak!    

A bit like that. But many of these engines use a dry sump lubrication system, (where the lube oil is kept in separate tanks), so it is easy to switch tanks whilst the engines are running.

On that subject, I have to say the Omega often reminds me of a ship. Apart from bunkering for fuel, (always a long process), it has a large Fwd Ballast Tank (AKA the washer bottle), and requires a large berth.

NN

[NaughtyNigel]

Mileage - I think some High Speed Trains have managed 7 million miles

London to Edinburgh and back twice a day = 1,600 miles, x 364 = 580,000 miles a year. Some of them have now been running for thirty years so 7 million miles is probably a very conservative estimate.

The original V12 Paxmans fitted to the HST sets were some of the nicest sounding engines ever built, and only now are being replaced by new 10 cylinder MTUs, which sound horible, but are much more powerful and fuel efficient.

NN

[The Barge Captain]

Going back to the bikes, I had a CD200 which I once rode from Bristol to the Magna Carta rally which was somewhere off of the M11.
70 MPH was about top speed with tent etc strapped to the back.
Took forBluudyever.
Had a self lubricating chain though - if a bit too much oil was added to the sump, then reved to about 8000 rpm it would blow the excess out of the breather and over the chain