Heating Oil

[Helihover]

There is a lot of discussion here on multiple threads about bringing oil up to temp. I've learned a lot about oil in general from just reading on this forum over the last couple months. From my understanding, motor oil needs to be brought up to temp to "boil off" accumulated moisture. From my understanding, moisture can only accumulate when the engine is cool (or cooling down). I would also say that we all pretty much agree that short distant trips are not the best thing for your engine because of this.

So this is somewhat of an example of my X. My daily is a silverado and my X stays home with the wife who does not work, but keeps a busy schedule raising our three kids. It's used for library, park, and grocery store, all with in a few miles from the house. She might take it out say 3-4 times a week. The weekend comes and I wash and check it out. We usually take a "Sunday Drive" and I might put a 100 miles or so on it. Some weekends I don't. I also drive it to work twice a month or so (25 miles RT).

So this is my question and I would like views from all sides; Is it ok to fully warm the entire engine once a week? If not why? If yes then why?

From my point of view I would be on the yes side and this is why. Any time we see dew in morning that is a form of accumulated moisture. If your car is parked in this environment, then I would believe there is some sort moisture being acquired. Or is the engine only accumulating moisture on a cool down? If it did acumulate any moisture (which I believe every engine does at some point) during the short trips, would it not be back to normal after the long drive on the weekends?

Thanks guys. This is an awesome forum and I love my E53!!!