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      11-13-2012, 01:03 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by ncnmra View Post
While I don't disagree, can you tell me the reason behind this? I initially figured that starting it and letting it warm up might be good to keep the oil in places it should be. PS: The advice came from Rocco @ RMP, so I trust it, along with what you're saying.
The problem is that it leads to condensation on the internals.
The oil never really gets up to full operating temperature to drive moisture out.

I've seen this doing oil sample testing. (in good weather)
If i don't do a full warm up (drive at least 20min) trace water will show in the sample.
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