Drive it Forever: Secrets to Long Automobile Life UpdatedSikorsky, through his syndicated newspaper column "High Mileage Club", issued an invitation to readers who own vehicles with over 100,000 miles--that have not had engines or transmissions rebuilt--to write and tell about their cars or trucks and the methods they have used to attain high mileage. "Drive It Forever" is a collection of those responses. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1The Engine Wears in More Ways than One 7 | 7 |
CorrosionThe Nasty Product of Engine Acid Indigestion | 15 |
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