Oil Change Questions

Rusty · 11-05-2017, 01:54 AM

To answer your one question. You should change your oil every 6 months. When oil sits after it has been run. It will form acids and other compounds that are not good for your engine as they say.

Alot of people have switched to full synthetic on high mileage vehicles with no problems.

As for seals drying out. Start the motor once a month and leave run for 30 minutes. Better yet. Go for a ride.

This will keep the caliper pistons from sticking.

vtec to vvel · 11-06-2017, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

To answer your one question. You should change your oil every 6 months. When oil sits after it has been run. It will form acids and other compounds that are not good for your engine as they say.

Alot of people have switched to full synthetic on high mileage vehicles with no problems.

As for seals drying out. Start the motor once a month and leave run for 30 minutes. Better yet. Go for a ride.

This will keep the caliper pistons from sticking.

I’ll drive my car about once a week just to get the oil flowing and always change the oil every 6 months, regardless of mileage. In fact, Saturday’s oil change was done with only 1400 miles lol with the last change being in April of this year.

I’ve been checking the oil level, and underneath the car and not a single oil drop on the floor

Rusty · 11-06-2017, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel

I’ll drive my car about once a week just to get the oil flowing and always change the oil every 6 months, regardless of mileage. In fact, Saturday’s oil change was done with only 1400 miles lol with the last change being in April of this year.

I’ve been checking the oil level, and underneath the car and not a single oil drop on the floor

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Rusty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 70 Posts: 35,575 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684440	To answer your one question. You should change your oil every 6 months. When oil sits after it has been run. It will form acids and other compounds that are not good for your engine as they say. Alot of people have switched to full synthetic on high mileage vehicles with no problems. As for seals drying out. Start the motor once a month and leave run for 30 minutes. Better yet. Go for a ride. This will keep the caliper pistons from sticking. bvl, Hotrodz, jchammond and 3 others like this. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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