Should i really change oil before start the engine. The reason i ask this is that it would be easier for me to drive to the dealer do the oil change for me. Would that be that bad to the engine to drive lets say 20 km at really low rpm?

 

No!

 

Ok that whats i was thinking. Just want to be sure.

 

So i can drive to the dealer without having to worrie for the engine?

 

Oil is far better than people give it credit for these days. You could probably drive that baby around for quite some time without fear.

 

I'll be looking at taking mine out of storage pretty soon. I changed the oil (first oil change at 5100 miles) right before putting her away. All I plan to do, oil-wise, is to dribble a few drops of oil into each cylinder before starting, to help with piston lubrication for the first few seconds. I heard about this trick from a number of places; I couldn't tell you from my own knowledge that it's good for the engine. Other than a little extra blue smoke at first, I can't imagine what harm it would do (I'm willing to be reeducated here if someone knows otherwise).

I don't plan on changing the oil again until summer sometime (again, unless someone thinks that oil with 20 miles on it should be changed after sitting all winter).

(Can you tell it's my first year of car storage?)

JonasM

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JonasM
[B]I'll be looking at taking mine out of storage pretty soon. I changed the oil (first oil change at 5100 miles) right before putting her away. All I plan to do, oil-wise, is to dribble a few drops of oil into each cylinder before starting, to help with piston lubrication for the first few seconds. I heard about this trick from a number of places; I couldn't tell you from my own knowledge that it's good for the engine. Other than a little extra blue smoke at first, I can't imagine what harm it would do (I'm willing to be reeducated here if someone knows otherwise).

I don't plan on changing the oil again until summer sometime (again, unless someone thinks that oil with 20 miles on it should be changed after sitting all winter).

 

Yeah - I was thinking on the order of drops of oil, not even in the teaspoon realm.

Why would time (on the order of 5 months) matter to oil if it's not being used? It's not circulating, gathering combustion byproducts, not subject to any high temperatures, etc. Should I really consider changing it as soon as I can? (Cost isn't that major of an issue yet - no synthetic before 10-12K anyway....)

JonasM

 

I have seen the tea spoon in each cylinder too somewhere. Ill put some too, not a teaspoon but a littte.

 

You know what? You could be perfectly correct in your ideas about this subject. I'm thinking that the reason why maintenance schedules have a "time" interval for oil changes could possibly be due to the fact that once an oil container is opened, oxidation can still occur and it's the additives in the oil that is susceptable to this degradation. I'm not convinced that this is something that has major impact. Perhaps one of the oil "experts" can put their 2 cents in here.