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Originally Posted by 911pcars
However, a non-op car will deteriorate without occasionally running it. Bring the charged battery back and concoct a quick in/out connect method to run the car without officially reinstalling it.
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That's a hard no from me, but do what you like to your car...
Factory says to "start car and drive it".
You've got the least oil flow you'll ever have on a cold motor right after starting. If you let it idle and don't drive away, that isn't doing any good at all. Plus, you have the least amount of cooling air moving through the shroud.
If you don't get the oil up to temp, all you're doing is putting water into it without boiling it off.
And the car is intended to be moving, at least most of the time. Start your car, let it idle for as long as you want. Put an IR thermometer on the heads, tell me what you see - my CHT sensor reads well over 200C after 10 minutes hot-idling without any air moving over them.
What temperature does your oil break down at? I run a european full synthetic (which isn't a US "marketing" synthetic) - and i won't knowingly let the heads get over 200C.
Prep it for winter. Then either leave it alone except for rotating the wheels if not jacked up - or fit snow tires and drive it.