So I have a quick question on oil:

I haven't done an oil change since July last year. I changed it before ZOOM FEST and
then had the car parked since August until now. The oil has MAYBE 500 miles on it.
Would you change it or would it still be good for another 1000 miles?

Probably worth changing it, but figured I would ask anyways

 

Why take the chance when oil is only like 20 or 30 bucks to change it.

At the least you'll have condensed water in it, if nothing else. Plus its been sitting
so theres probably a nice sludge built up on the bottom of the pan. I would
throw a can of seafoam in the oil filler hole, then start it up and run it up to
temp and maybe drive it a bit, then change it.

Change the filter after this too.

 

Change it. Condensation builds inside the engine adding water to your oil. Besides, freezing oil is never good for it. One of the reason many antique cars are know to fail is that they are not driven enough, oil sits, and o-rings harden. Always chenge your oil every spring, period. I just changed mine after sitting all winter and with only 300 miles on the oil.

 

No question....change it! The cost benefit far out weighs the alternative.
Changing the oil has no down side....leaving the old stuff in, while probably no biggie, leaves the door open for a whole host of problems.
Why risk it?

 

On the other hand, that 20-30 bucks could come in handy. Why don't you warm it up and check the dip stick?

If the oil is clean, light in color and no evidence of emulsion from water condensate, I'd put a few miles on it.

 

That is what I am thinking. Had no idea on the condensation part, learn something new
every day

Car was stored in a garage where it never dipped below 50*F.

I hear Advance has a special on Mobil 1 synthetic + filter for $30. Might go to that for a bit
then back to Royal Purple. I'll throw some seafoam in it and use the "old" oil and drive
around a bit, then change it. Might just change the whole oil pan, lord knows I got enough of
them.

 

you guys are so over dramatic, there's no sludge in the pan, its not a VW.... ive taken apart tons of engines and there is NEVER anything in the pan, unless you had bearing problems

there will be some water in there, but there will be the first time you turn the engine off with new oil too, the water comes from the air in the crankcase being heated up. the "fix" for this is just to get the oil warmed up all the way, which actually with the FMOC, is hard to do on the street.

acid? yes, but if you put another tank of gas or two on it, it wont hurt anything

 

it's probably M1 + Fram...Stay away from fram...

 

lol, yes, fram makes garbage not filters.

cut one open sometime, there is nothing in there vs a mazda filter

 

Not fram, it was purolator. Didn't want to type it because I didn't know how to spell
it, plus I am too lazy right now to google