Would you change your oil before winter storage or after?

kannibul

I change my bike's oil once a year around Feb-March. During the winter, I start it about once a month, run it for about 5-10 minutes (various RPM's, and some idle time), to get the oil and coolant moving around and up to temp. To be honest, this can be a bad thing as there could be moisture collection in the oil as it doesn't get hot enough to burn the water out - but, I doubt I'm doing *enough* damage...

My truck, I change the oil when I get around to it - which is more than likely 1-2x a year...though I've gone multiple years without changing it (eek!) - still, it runs like a top, but is showing it's age with 140K miles (it'll miss - probably just need to change the coil packs)

My Civic - I change every 15K - I used Mobil1 15K oil. Makes sense...lol

My Z - I've not changed the oil yet, 1200 miles on it. I'll probably drop the oil oit today if I get the gumption. I'll probably stick with the manufacturer's schedule, at least for the first few to get all the particulates out.