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By me saying run it once in a while I of course did not assume that some one would be stupid enough to start it and shut it down before it was up to temperature. I guess on this net if you make a statement you had better take a hour or so and explain every aspect of it. Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Without pickling your engine > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > have some one run it once in a > > while which is better than pickling it. Pickling does not solve all of > > the > > problems of a idle engine. > > I disagree. This is actually worse than not pickling it at all. Unless > you > run it enough to get the oil up to about 180* for at laest half an hour, > all > you're doing is adding moisture and acids to the oil and water vapor to > the > crankcase. Now, if you can have someone FLY it once in a while.... > > How long are we talking about anyhow? If it's something like 6 months, > given > the climate, I'd just put in fresh oil and let it go at that. > > John > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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