Hi everyone. I'm new here, but have been lurking for quite a while. I've searched the archives and not really found the answer to my question.
I'm in the market to purchase an RV6 or 6A hopefully later this year. I've come across several planes that have sat for 1+yrs. The owners says that they started and warmed up the engine regularly and some said they even changed the oil occasionally. Should I shy away from this? I've heard that starting and warming up and engine w/out actually flying it is worse than just letting it sit. I believe the reason was that any time the engine is running it is creating water in the crankcase. If you don't fly it and get the oil up to temp for 30mins or so, the water doesn't have a chance to boil off. So starting regularly on the ground and warming it up just adds more water than letting it sit.
Thanks for any input and sorry if this has been discussed before.
Josh
I'm in the market to purchase an RV6 or 6A hopefully later this year. I've come across several planes that have sat for 1+yrs. The owners says that they started and warmed up the engine regularly and some said they even changed the oil occasionally. Should I shy away from this? I've heard that starting and warming up and engine w/out actually flying it is worse than just letting it sit. I believe the reason was that any time the engine is running it is creating water in the crankcase. If you don't fly it and get the oil up to temp for 30mins or so, the water doesn't have a chance to boil off. So starting regularly on the ground and warming it up just adds more water than letting it sit.
Thanks for any input and sorry if this has been discussed before.
Josh