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Old 06-05-2018, 05:40 PM   #36
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That claim, despite the authority supposedly behind it, is just nonsense.

On one hand, it just doesn't pass the smell test of simple physical reasoning. A non-running engine isn't going to generate the heat that is required to generate condensation - it will have only a very trivial amount in it from the last condesnation.

Here's some real data. 25 year old Deere, laid up on the Great Lakes over winter, year-old oil, heavily used (500hrs, albeit much make-up oil in the interval). Just fine come spring.

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forum...OA#Post4433182
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