OK, parked car Nov 1st, having did fresh mobil-1 change bout a month before. Put maybe 500 miles then parked for winter. So come spring shoI change again? been down to -15 here last week. Another couple months before it gets 50s probly. What wud u do?

 

If it's just sitting not being started, I would leave it alone. If you start it occasionally where the oil can get condensation from not getting hot enough, then you may want to dump it just to be safe.

 

my opinion is different from many of my friends as well as this msg board. i change my oil only once a year in the spring. drive aprox 2500 miles over the summer then during the winter start up once a month running it for upto 30 min. i believe full synthetic oil is very good. a mechanic friend has told me acid builds up by doing that which i dont believe. each to his own. i've had my car 10 years and its running fine. 70?/72k miles on it.

 

I agree, unless those 500 miles were all short trips in cool weather and the engine wasn't ever getting fully warmed up.

I generally change mine only once per year (M1 0W40), either in the fall or in the spring depending on the car. In fact, I have sometimes gone two years between changes with the '98, since I often only drive it ~300 miles per year, and I don't idle the engine during the winter or ever do short trips with it (those things cause much more contamination in the oil and wear on the engine than just leaving it sit during storage).

 

IT should be good. Hasn't been too long to change it IMO. Check the oil for few days after driving it to see how the oil is doing.

 

I have always changed mine just before winter storage using Mobil 1. I usually do not have to start it for that 90 day period while it sits over winter and then run it all year on that oil since I only put 1500-3000 miles a year on any of the toy cars I have owned over the years. Never had an issue and I have been doing that for over 20 years with a bunch of different car I have owned.

 

Just be sure that when you do start it in the Spring, that it isn't just a quick run to the store.

Get the full engine and exhaust warmed up. Drive it for at least an hour and any moisture should be driven out.

 

Damn. I put like 500 a month on mine, I see all these people with less that 3000 a year on theirs.. Must be nice lol

 

i would change it. its cheap insurance. i have my oil changed every 3 months on both my cars regardless of mileage.

 

I change mine before it's taken out in the spring. I don't turn the key even to accsesory when its in storage since late Oct welcome to Minesota it's a REAL BUMMER just have battery tender on it. What I do seeing its been dripping down for that long accept which mite be laying in valleys or what ever I put it in neutral push it out and drain I don't want all that which was setting in the pan back up again. Been working for me. I took the advice of my son in law at TPIS don't crank them up unless you can get them up to temp and it don't happen up here.- 20 to +20 and all the salt on the roads. That's it for my idea.

 

Mileage and operational conditions are really much more important to consider than time alone.

 

I haven't changed mine in either car in 2 years. They have only been driven maybe 50 miles total between the two over that time. When I do start one I drive it for a while before turning it off.

I plan on changing it this spring even though they both still show clear oil on the stick.

 

i still change mine regularly. cheap ins. and i can make sure everything else is ok.

 

I guess "cheap insurance" depends on what you consider to be insurance vs. overkill. For me, dumping the oil in my garage queen every 3 months would be an expensive bad habit, since that would amount to about ~150 miles per change in the summer and ~0 miles per change in the winter.

 

What oil brand are most people using?

 

Oh my..........

 

Oh no, here we go ........

 

I would change the oil before turning the engine over. You can get condensation inside the engine due to temp changes and humidity.

Not sure what part of the country you are in but why take a chance?

Good Luck.

 

Nah. I'd much rather put more miles on mine as that means I'm enjoying it. Didn't get to last year for a number of reasons so it only got around 2500 on it and that sucked!

I have done 1 oil change each year since I've gotten the car (2 years), and that has been in the spring. It sits all winter without starting for the reasons RPM WS6 said, plus it is rather unhappy starting in the cold.

 

thanks for all the input guys, will take it and use it. as for what oil is best to use? haha yeah i didnt start that thread lol. mobil1