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Oil change now or spring ?
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<blockquote data-quote="VelocityYellowRules!" data-source="post: 86673" data-attributes="member: 1318"><p>Good morning Gentlemen,</p><p> </p><p>An interesting question. In the past I used to change the oil in the fall in my 280 and also the Z06 when I was storing the car. I understand the point of getting fresh oil into the engine, getting rid of the acidic oil in the block etc.</p><p> </p><p>But then I started thinking that with my farm equipment I NEVER change the oil after spring seeding or harvesting. The oil gets changed in the farm equipment after the first day of use in the spring or the fall, normally after it has been sitting for 12 months or close to since it was last changed. As far as I know I am not unusual in this practice either, I do what my farther does. As dad was a research engineer for Deutz Diesel in his earlier days I'm sure he'd be aware of if this was an acceptable practice too.</p><p> </p><p>My thoughts went to if I don't change the oil in a Cummins KTA1150 engine after using it in the spring to which runs about $40,000 for a crate engine, why would I worry about a (I think) $7 to 10,000 crate LS7 engine - not including Manny's $ modifications of course!</p><p> </p><p>I know that I probably would have changed the oil in the Z06 prior to storage but it was tempered by two things:</p><p> </p><p>1)my flat tire situation that I experienced on October which left the car immobile until 24 hours before snow fell (!)</p><p>2)that I hardly drove the car this year, I think 4,000 km and oil life was still at 78% when I parked it.</p><p> </p><p>That being said I look forward to both a new tire and fresh oil in the spring................</p><p> </p><p>Cheers,</p><p> </p><p>Garry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VelocityYellowRules!, post: 86673, member: 1318"] Good morning Gentlemen, An interesting question. In the past I used to change the oil in the fall in my 280 and also the Z06 when I was storing the car. I understand the point of getting fresh oil into the engine, getting rid of the acidic oil in the block etc. But then I started thinking that with my farm equipment I NEVER change the oil after spring seeding or harvesting. The oil gets changed in the farm equipment after the first day of use in the spring or the fall, normally after it has been sitting for 12 months or close to since it was last changed. As far as I know I am not unusual in this practice either, I do what my farther does. As dad was a research engineer for Deutz Diesel in his earlier days I'm sure he'd be aware of if this was an acceptable practice too. My thoughts went to if I don't change the oil in a Cummins KTA1150 engine after using it in the spring to which runs about $40,000 for a crate engine, why would I worry about a (I think) $7 to 10,000 crate LS7 engine - not including Manny's $ modifications of course! I know that I probably would have changed the oil in the Z06 prior to storage but it was tempered by two things: 1)my flat tire situation that I experienced on October which left the car immobile until 24 hours before snow fell (!) 2)that I hardly drove the car this year, I think 4,000 km and oil life was still at 78% when I parked it. That being said I look forward to both a new tire and fresh oil in the spring................ Cheers, Garry [/QUOTE]
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