Unsound Methods
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2013
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- Your Mercedes
- Mercedes 300SL-24 1991
Morning all.
Ive been away and the weather is a bit rubbish at the moment, and Ive not had my 91' 300SL-24 out of the garage for a couple of weeks, so i decided to start the car up for 15 minutes (as per a mechanics advice on not using a car through the winter) to give the battery a boost.
So start her up and waddle off to do some other bits, 45 minutes later i remember the car is still running. duh ...
I nelected to check the temp dial, and the car has cooled down considerably. but theres no smoke or terrible 'burnt to failure' smell so im assuming/hoping ive not done any damage? I'm guessing its not entirely a good thing leaving it running for that long?
Could I have done any damage or is 45 minutes nothing in the grand scheme of things?
cheers
Dani
Ive been away and the weather is a bit rubbish at the moment, and Ive not had my 91' 300SL-24 out of the garage for a couple of weeks, so i decided to start the car up for 15 minutes (as per a mechanics advice on not using a car through the winter) to give the battery a boost.
So start her up and waddle off to do some other bits, 45 minutes later i remember the car is still running. duh ...
I nelected to check the temp dial, and the car has cooled down considerably. but theres no smoke or terrible 'burnt to failure' smell so im assuming/hoping ive not done any damage? I'm guessing its not entirely a good thing leaving it running for that long?
Could I have done any damage or is 45 minutes nothing in the grand scheme of things?
cheers
Dani