I've searched the threads a few months back, but my question is almost too basic. I put very low miles on my Rig - perhaps 6-8k per year. I never hit the mileage before the date due on an oil change. If the truck oil levels are ok, can I just wait for the appropriate mileage to change oil, or I am harming the engine having "old" (time-wise, not mile-wise) oil running? 97 with 67k. I appreciate it.
Too Basic of an Oil Change Question
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too much condensate, i think -- if you didn't run the truck, it'd be fine -- running it short runs requires changing the oil --
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I guess it depends on what type of milage you are doing, short trips not getting the engine up to heat or long miles on the freeway. Also is it a synthetic. It is not just the ware and tear but acidic attack.
I have the same scenario, I put about 1,500 miles every seven months and sometimes the truck sits in the garage for two to three weeks or longer without being started or ran. But I have Amsoil synthetic oil in the engine and 90915-20004 oil filter, am I harming the engine also? I always make sure that the oil level is within the full mark and leave the truck in the garage with full tank of gas. Is this okay?
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amsoil makes some odd little pre-oiler that sprays oil on the crank and main journals prior to startup --
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100 mile trips are fine, it is the 1 mile trips that do the damage as the engine never get up to temperature causing condesation and of course the mixture is rich which washes oil of the cylinder walls and contaminates the oil. Most modern oils are designed to handle every day stressesand and have allsorts of addertives. Just use the best oil you can afford I amsure a search will reveal what poeple have found best, there is certainly plenty of discussion.
