Oil change "question"

[lmichael]

I'm not sure if a diesel is more or less "forgiving" than a gas engine on this. My G2160 has not accumulated anywhere near 30 hours since I changed oil and filter early this summer. So pretty soon it will be relatively "dormant" for winter with a battery maintainer on it in the back garage. Part of me wants to change oil and filter prior to winter an then in spring, part of me says leave it and another part says just change the oil and then do O&F in early summer.
Not an oil thread BTW I know I will use Rotella T6 5W-40. More a question of timing. Since we had an incredibly dry late summer I barely used it. I've used it more in the last 10 days than I did in the previous 2 months

 

[85Hokie]

Change NOW - any water/vapor that has occurred in the past IS still in the oil and WILL sit there till it is started and circulated again.

Always best to park a machine WITH fresh oil rather than oil that has been placed through many cycles of heat and cold.

The cost to change is not that significant on that machine either.

 

[Russell King]

Change now and run that oil until you change oil again, skip changing it at the beginning of the next season of use.

 

[McMXi]

I'm not sure if a diesel is more or less "forgiving" than a gas engine on this. My G2160 has not accumulated anywhere near 30 hours since I changed oil and filter early this summer. So pretty soon it will be relatively "dormant" for winter with a battery maintainer on it in the back garage. Part of me wants to change oil and filter prior to winter an then in spring, part of me says leave it and another part says just change the oil and then do O&F in early summer.
Not an oil thread BTW I know I will use Rotella T6 5W-40. More a question of timing. Since we had an incredibly dry late summer I barely used it. I've used it more in the last 10 days than I did in the previous 2 months

I recently parked my '24 F-450 for the winter. I changed the oil and filter back in May before starting a 3,600 mile road trip despite the local Ford dealer stating that they changed the oil and filter in February prior to offering it for sale. The truck is in an unheated garage, and the batteries are in the truck and connected to a battery tender. I put around 5,500 miles on the oil since the last oil change but I have no intention of changing the oil until next summer once I have 8k miles or so on it. The same is true for the Yamaha outboard on my boat. I changed the oil this summer after the 20-hour break in process and put in fully synthetic. That oil will be in that engine for the next 50+ hours regardless of how many seasons it takes to accumulate those hours.

Of all the things to worry about, changing oil before storing a tractor, truck, boat or any other vehicle doesn't register on my list.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Do the yearly oil and filter change before the winter, before longer periods on non-use.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

I wouldn’t worry about it.

That T6 you have in there will be fine.

If it makes you feel better, well then, go for it…..it certainly wont hurt it…….but it’s kinda “overkill” if you ask me.

Different strokes, for different folks I suppose.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

re: Part of me wants to change oil and filter prior to winter an then in spring

This make no sense or cents to me. With maybe 30hrs on the current oil and filter , you want to replace them now AND again in Spring, when it's had ZERO hours of use ? Maybe I read the post worng so can someone explain why 2 unnecessary oil changes ?

 

[lmichael]

re: Part of me wants to change oil and filter prior to winter an then in spring

This make no sense or cents to me. With maybe 30hrs on the current oil and filter , you want to replace them now AND again in Spring, when it's had ZERO hours of use ? Maybe I read the post worng so can someone explain why 2 unnecessary oil changes ?

No you did not read it wrong. This happened last year as well. Had a very dry late(r) summer. Little to no use in the last couple months of summer and into fall. IIRC I think I'd gotten 25 to 30 hours on the oil and filter, had planned on changing but then we got slammed with some snow and brutal cold early. So I did not take it out. Then after Holidays very mild (to the point I was taking it out in Jan-March occasionally to chop up leaves from my oak trees which like to drop about then) and then I ran it through the early season for light mowing and pulling my sprayer and fertilizer spreader and changing it at about 50 hours early this past June. If I pull the stick the oil still appears really clean. It doesn't consume. I've never added a drop to it.
Seemed none the worse and all it's life it's either had Amsoil (from previous owner) or T6 from me. I just wondered if doing this would be causing long time harm

 

[Hugo Habicht]

If the oil looks clean leave it and do the change after operating hours.

When the Diesel oil is really black I would not leave the dirt to settle over the winter.