"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:QdQZb.376650$na.567800@attbi_s04...
In another thread (about cold starting) it was mentioned that Alaskan bush
pilots routinely drain their oil, take it inside, and heat it on the stove
before starting in the morning.

While this guarantees a warm(er) engine, wouldn't this risk damage to the
engine from shock heating (assuming there is such a thing), by suddenly
introducing boiling hot (or nearly so) oil to a cold-soaked engine?

Oh great! A new Old Wive's Tale grin When this gets around the
only safe thing to do with your engine is to run it at idle. And
you'll need to do that once a week to prevent rusting too.

Of course, this dovetails into the TFR stuff too. With all the
security TFRs, and the TFR-in-chief starting his campaign shortly, and
the wannabe TFR-in-chiefs all doing their campaigns... Well, the only
thing we'll be able to do is idle the engines and taxi around the
airport anyway.

Malcolm Teas
JYO