John Berryman wrote:
On Feb 26, 2006, at 5:35 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
I've heard that, if you store a car, it's best *not* to start it
periodically unless you're going to drive it far enough to get it
up to
operating temperature. Just starting it and letting it idle for a
while, but not driving it hard enough to heat the oil up, tends to
lead
to a lot of water building up in the oil.
No more oil will build-up, the condensation that's already in there
won't steam off.
Right, and every time you run it you're creating more water (as a
combustion byproduct), some of which will find its way into the oil. On
a gasoline car, especially a carburated one, you'll also be adding
gasoline from the rich mixture used on cold starts.
