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Old 7th February 2017, 19:33
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Re: questions about a damaged Merlin engine trailing white smoke

Loss of coolant means that the engine would start to overheat and eventually seize up, i.e. stop running.
Depending on how much or fast the coolant was leaking would cause the the engine to seize sooner or later.

This example ran for about 15 minutes before the engine seized. Book page 54.

https://books.google.com/books?id=oU...engine&f=false




This one says only a few minutes, but goes into some detail on what is happening. Starts on book page 143.

https://books.google.com/books?id=OP...engine&f=false
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