Pre-Spring Start Procedure?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Middletown CT
When you do that, your doing more harm than good. Unless you have a heated garage, you are starting the car in conditions that are the hardest on the engine, the engine never gets up to temperature and any condensation never gets the chance to evaporate off, so now you have water in the engine. It's better just to change the oil, put it on a battery tender, get the tires off the comcrete, and leave it alone.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Allentown PA & Elk Twp NJ HPDE Addict
When you do that, your doing more harm than good. Unless you have a heated garage, you are starting the car in conditions that are the hardest on the engine, the engine never gets up to temperature and any condensation never gets the chance to evaporate off, so now you have water in the engine. It's better just to change the oil, put it on a battery tender, get the tires off the comcrete, and leave it alone.
I'll start mine every 4 to 6 weeks but let it run until the engine oil temp reaches 200
