Starting the Engine during the Winter
I spent about 1/2 an hour searching this question. I'm sure it has been talked about before but I couldn't find it. Anyway, the Thor owners manual for my rig says to run the engine for 30 minutes each...
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joebedford wrote:
I've always wondered if snowbirds who let their motorhomes sit for 6 months, pull out of the RV park then straight onto the highway are asking too much of their rigs.
I don't think so. The engine isn't any colder (and the oil isn't any further in the drain pan) than after sitting for a couple days, if even that long. There's plenty of time in maneuvering out of the campsite and trundling down the campground roads at low speeds to get it up to something sort of close to operating temperature before putting the hammer down.
If the fuel has broken down or otherwise turned to something other than good fuel, that's a different matter, of course, but you might not get to the highway in that case.
