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mikefocke · 03-08-2011, 05:23 AM

known failure modes even according to its proponents. This statement is like commenting that the radiator cap didn't save the engine.

I'll be interested in the symptoms of what happened and then we can all theorize on what went wrong and perhaps learn something from someone else's sad experience.

The car was just worked on and had more than the IMSR done to it IIRC.

03-08-2011, 05:23 AM	#22
mikefocke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sanford NC Posts: 2,583	Which at best saves an engine from one of 21 known failure modes even according to its proponents. This statement is like commenting that the radiator cap didn't save the engine. I'll be interested in the symptoms of what happened and then we can all theorize on what went wrong and perhaps learn something from someone else's sad experience. The car was just worked on and had more than the IMSR done to it IIRC. Last edited by mikefocke; 03-24-2011 at 04:20 AM.