So with the whole lockdown thing, I haven't been driving the Z very much. It's been 10 months since the oil was changed but I only have about 1500 miles
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06-19-2020, 06:10 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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oil change interval
So with the whole lockdown thing, I haven't been driving the Z very much. It's been 10 months since the oil was changed but I only have about 1500 miles on this oil. I have heard various people say you can push an oil change out to a year but I have also heard engine oil breaks down over time. Does anyone out there have a Z that they don't put much miles on and stretch the oil change interval past the recommended 6 months?
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I change my own oil/filter once a year. I only put on less than 2K miles a year on average, though.
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06-19-2020, 07:57 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Every 3k miles. Even if it's synthetic it's been sitting in the earth for a billion years, it ain't gonna break down if you leave in an engine for a year.
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I change every 4,000 miles. I put less then 4,000 on a year. So every winter, I change oil.
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Oil does break down sitting in a bottle on the shelf. Ever open up a bottle and have chunks come out.
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06-20-2020, 01:45 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Amsoil top of the line. 1 time a year. I doubt I even put 1k on it in a year?
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06-20-2020, 10:57 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Is an oil change every 6 months really that much of a hassle? If you can't be bothered enough to do an oil change more than once a year, I'm guessing you don't have time to drive the car either, which begs the question, why do you even have it...
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PS: Every oil will eventually have its constituents break down and separate over time in storage. But we are talking over a decade, not months. A lot of luxury brands have already gone to 1 year oil changes. Nissan is one of the last remaining manufacturers requiring 6-month oil changes.
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Bike - 4 quarts. Grand Cherokee - 6 quarts. Z - 6 quarts. Power Wagon - 7 quarts. Motorhome - 5 gallons. YES...GALLONS. That's a lot of oil in a year. 10 gallons and 3 quarts for one oil change for my fleet.
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I use Euro spec 0w-40 Abiotic Oil in all gas engines. In the diesel, I use the Diesel spec Abiotic Oil. The best there is.
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Better than replacing the fan blade on your motorhome And which one of those vehicles do you drive less than 1K miles in a year? My guess is none I was just asking the question to try and understand. I'm not about to sit here and judge someone's choices for their toys. To each their own
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13 gallons over how much time?? Let's say you do each one 5 times in a year. We're talking almost 5 gallons of oil per month. Holy ****!! How do you manage??
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