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I store my 88 Grad in a 60 ft x 50 ft 2 story barn. About twice a year the weather conditions are such that the inside of the barn is literally a cloud. I guess it has to do with the dewpoint, humidity, etc, but everything in the barn is dripping wet.
This happened to me over the weekend. There is salt on the roads so I didn't want to drive, but I couldn't stand the thought of letting the engine just sit there soaking wet, so I started it up and ran it to dry it off. I let it idle for a short while and then held the RPM around 2500 to get it up to temp quickly, and I ran it until the oil was hot using the pressure at idle to estimate when it was hot.
Does anybody have any better suggestions ? I have tried putting a dehumidifier near the car, but the volume of the barn is too large, and the dehumidifier tends to freeze up anyway. Likewise, I couldn't afford to try and heat that huge drafty barn.
Here is what I was up against (you may have to look at the image full size to see all the water):
This happened to me over the weekend. There is salt on the roads so I didn't want to drive, but I couldn't stand the thought of letting the engine just sit there soaking wet, so I started it up and ran it to dry it off. I let it idle for a short while and then held the RPM around 2500 to get it up to temp quickly, and I ran it until the oil was hot using the pressure at idle to estimate when it was hot.
Does anybody have any better suggestions ? I have tried putting a dehumidifier near the car, but the volume of the barn is too large, and the dehumidifier tends to freeze up anyway. Likewise, I couldn't afford to try and heat that huge drafty barn.
Here is what I was up against (you may have to look at the image full size to see all the water):

