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Go tell them they are stupid and of course tell them the correct way to do it, at least tell them your way because that appears to be the best. Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Without pickling your engine > In a message dated 6/15/03 3:27:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > 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 didn't intend to imply anyone was stupid. what folks don;t rtealize is > that you cannot get the engine warm enough on the ground to get the oil up > to 180 > and keep it there for 1/2 hour, long enough to boil off the condensation, > without exceeding the cylinder head temperature limitations. Oil and > engine > manufacturers agree: ground running is worse than letting the engine sit. > My > philosophy is: if you start it you better fly it. > > BTW, there are a lot of "stupid" people out there. All you have to do is > go > to the airport some Saturday during the winter and watch them spend 20 > minutes > preparing then 10 minutes running the engine then another 20 minutes > closing > everything up. > > John > ========================================================================== ==== 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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