Extra Things to do regarding the RV?
OK - here's a question for you full timers... We are hoping to become full timers sometime next year if we can dot all the "I"s and cross all the "T's.... Our preferred lifestyle would be to sta...
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ncrowley wrote:
If you are going to sit for months at a time, I would recommend a fifth wheel. You are not supposed to just start up a diesel engine and let it idle. If you want to exercise the engine, you need to get it up to operating temperature and roll the tires. A 30 mile trip will work. If you cannot get the tires rolling, do not start it up.
X2 on the above. It's not that idling is bad, necessarily... it's that a diesel engine run for a short period of time can't get up to the necessary temperature to dry out the condensation. No, I'm not a mechanic, that's just what I was told. But, if that's not enough, getting the engine and trans up to temperature will lubricate the seals. The only way the trans comes up to temp is driving.
