On 2007-12-19 12:21:28 -0500, "Peter R." said:

Given any other day, I would have plugged the aircraft back in and scrapped
the flight

I know what I did has negative long term repercussions on my engine's health

I'm sure you must do some analysis in your head to judge the damage
inflicted on the engine in this case - otherwise, how could you judge
if scrapping a flight is the appropriate thing to do? I'm curious how
you quantify the 'long term repercussions'. Have you concluded, for
example, that not preheating in this case will:

- Reduce the TBO for your engine by 10 hours?
- Increase oil consumption by .2 qt/hour?
- Increase the risk of a catastrophic in-flight failure by 5%?

Clearly those are just some examples, but I would like to understand
what you have judged the impact of flying in this case would be.