I changed my factory fill at about 2k miles before I put mine away the first winter. I added a can of "Break-In" to the fresh oil.

http://www.mrmoly.com/html/break-in_-_new_...lt_engines.html

30k miles and 5 years later, I don't have to top off the oil between changes. Approximately 6k miles on Mobil One.

 

Keep in mind that there's also a time limit on oil, not just mileage. So you don't want to let the oil "expire", so to speak.

 

the only way you will get flat spots on your tires is if you run bias ply tires. I would not put it on stands.

 

If you choose to crank it with the spark plugs out in the spring (I do) remember the pull the fuse for the ecu so the injectors won't be spewing unburned fuel into the cylinders...

 

On flat spotting:

A CAT 793 on bias plys will flat spot on bias ply tires in very short order, but on radials, even sitting for a few months, won't.

I haven't felt that bumply bumply feeling in an on-road vehicle since I was a little kid

 

It's funny you say radial will not flat spot. Both my S and my truck will flat spot but it goes away after they have warmed up. Just don't freak out the first time you drive it next summer.

 

awesome thread. i just put my baby up, didn't put her on stands, and plan on letting it run for an hour or so once every 10-14 days. i think i'm going to look into one of these highly talked about batter tenders as well

 

^^I had planned on running mine every two weeks or so. However, it seems that that is not recomended because it gives the oil just enough time to completely settle, so everytime you start it it is a dry start. Apparently that many starts under this conditon could actually do more harm than good. So I am taking the battery inside, on a battery tender and won't start it until Spring.

I am also going to put some steel wool in the exhuast and intake, I don't think I have a mice problem, but would rather not take the chance of a little critter making a home.

 

I put mine on jackstands.
Battery in the house.
Don't start until spring.

Happy slumbering

 

I'm going to pick up a battery tender soon. For those of you who use it, do you leave it plugged in all winter long?