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.
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