Originally Posted by
dixi188
If an engine is not on fire and not shaking itself to pieces then why shut it down at all?
If it's giving elec. and hyd. power and can be kept below vibration rpm, keep it running.
And if the so treated engine decides to go really bust after a while (after all, there was some damage to the engine in the first place), you may end up in a much worse situation than if you had shut it down right away.