> Terry:
>
> At the "serious" risk of incurring Randell's and Joe C.'s wrath <VBG>:
>
> <<I swear, it seems to me sometimes that oil actually soaks into metal.
> Or
> maybe it's just that there is a thin film of oil on cylinder walls that
> never
> seems to go away. Every head I've pulled, if I run my finger on the
> cylinder
> wall, it "feels" lightly oiled.>>
>
> You would be correct.
>
> <<Are oil molecules too big to squeeze into metal pores?>>
>
> Nope.<BG>
>
> << Isn't this how cast iron frying pans are "seasoned" with oil?>>
>
> EXACTLY!!!!
>
> BUT, that said, one has to keep in mind TEMPERATURE!!!!!
>
> To "do" a skillet, what do you have to do????
>
> Bring it to HOT temp., right?? What does any metal do when HOT???
>
> E X P A N D !
>
> Think you coukld "season" a skillet left in the freezer overnite???
>
> <G>
>
> Ed
>
> PS: Yes, I WILL be replying to the Compression Test posts<VVVBG>!!!
> PPS: 'Course with a grain of salt as only been doing for
> decades<G><F><G>!
> PPPS: NO, I will NOT say how many except that I re-built a one-year old
> MGA
> motor.
Okay, I'm the Terry from New Hampshire.
:o)
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