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Old 07-17-2012, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by madmaxx View Post
Less than 3k miles, irregardless Of time you have no contaminant concentration even remotely close to doing damage. Patrickt is right one morning you wake up not feeling well and your priorities change real quick.

Don't feel bad for people who smoke and get sick or motorcycle riders, they are a drain on our medical services, along with the obese.
My guess would be that unless you change your oil, then start the car and run it for a while to flush out the old oil, the oil sitting on your bearings isn't going to drain into the pan anyhow. Now, if you do start the car after you change the oil, then you just took those contaminants you spoke of and put them right back into the new oil.

Add to that the fact that where I live in Ohio, the temperature all Winter fluctuates greatly. I do not have a climate controlled garage, so there is a lot of moisture generated on the block and in the block. As soon as you start cranking the engine, all that moisture is pumped through and mixed with the oil. Probably a lot worse than the contaminants you are talking about.
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