When should you change the oil for seasonally used vehicles?
10-11-2007, 10:06 PM
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When should you change the oil for seasonally used vehicles?
Should i change the oil when i park the car and bike for the winter, or change it before i start driving again in the spring?
10-11-2007, 10:13 PM
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well every 6 months or 3 K miles... but i wouldn't let dirty oil sit in my car over a long winter so i say change it like 50-100 miles before you park it. then drive it for a few hundred miles in the spring then change it again.
thats what im going to do.
thats what im going to do.
10-12-2007, 06:43 AM
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I'm one of the extremists..and brutal to my seasonal vehicles..
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
10-12-2007, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
I'm one of the extremists..and brutal to my seasonal vehicles..
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
I change the oil in our Firehawk when it comes out of storage in Juneish. Then, we drive it ~200 miles throughout the summer and put it back in storage in September. Repeat the cycle the following year. Hasn't caused an issue yet.
10-13-2007, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
I'm one of the extremists..and brutal to my seasonal vehicles..
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
I drive it in the shed...park it and think about how I should change the oil when it comes out.
I change the oil in our Firehawk when it comes out of storage in Juneish. Then, we drive it ~200 miles throughout the summer and put it back in storage in September. Repeat the cycle the following year. Hasn't caused an issue yet.
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