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Termy


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How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Original Message   Feb 12, 2005 1:02 am
How Often Do You Change Your Oil in your OPE?

Many probably want to know what the going rate is or what they should do.

I say do it every year. I do



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Marshall


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #10   Feb 12, 2005 2:41 pm
I shoot for 25 hour increments.
Termy


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #11   Feb 12, 2005 4:28 pm
Cool. It seems that most people change their oil every year like I do. Thumbs up to all of you. I have heard of some that change their oil every 2 years. And yes there are those few that don't care, and then it comes back and bites them in the a** later.


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #12   Feb 12, 2005 5:08 pm
In my perfect world I change the oil at the end of the season pending the machine.  I run syn right now in everything. 

My LT does not get much use really but gets pounded when it is used.  My Honda gets a good workout every season, some more than others.

Now reality is I get to it when I can. 

C

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Termy


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #13   Feb 13, 2005 3:15 am
To those of you who don't know, (which is only a few) if you don't change your oil, eventually you will either have a engine seisure, or you will have a broken rod, or worse, all of that and a cracked cylinder! Please change your oil at least once per year. Glad to see that most of us are doing the right thing!


Jonathan


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #14   Feb 13, 2005 8:51 am
I change mine at the intervals prescribed in the manual and at the end of the season even if this means changing the oil only after a few hours use. I don't want used oil sitting in the engine.

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Ben07


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #15   Feb 13, 2005 10:58 am
End of season.  I empty and usually don't refill till next season. ( tag them, mark them, fool proof them from starting to help ensure someone don forget to put new oil in next season).  Is that a good practice, yes if yor are gonna fog and store it for a couple of years, r in the case of a lawnmower, then you can store a couple with the handles off standing on their side,  but for yearly storage, your probable just the same refilling it right away).

Ben07

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Dave___in___CT


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #16   Feb 13, 2005 5:17 pm
Small OPE engine invemtion...

Wouldn't it be nice if there was an easily removable oil cartridge that unscewed and discarded with most of the old oil in it... and a new one filled with oil put back on... ?

EZ off...   EZ on...


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Marshall


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #17   Feb 13, 2005 5:59 pm
LOL, that would be cool!

How about an engine that didn't need oil, it used super lube impregnated steel. A steel so slick that it lubed itself even as it wears. 

OK, you're cartridge idea might be easier. 
robmints


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #18   Feb 13, 2005 7:20 pm
Ben07 wrote:
End of season.  I empty and usually don't refill till next season. ( tag them, mark them, fool proof them from starting to help ensure someone don forget to put new oil in next season).  Is that a good practice, yes if yor are gonna fog and store it for a couple of years, r in the case of a lawnmower, then you can store a couple with the handles off standing on their side,  but for yearly storage, your probable just the same refilling it right away).

Ben07


Ben07,
I do something like this with my outboard. I just leave the bowl drains out so I don't forget. All I need to think about in the spring is the spider that might like to nest in the bowl. Not much of a concern.
This message was modified Feb 13, 2005 by robmints
Le_Quebecois


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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #19   Feb 14, 2005 3:54 pm
I change my oil when it's getting a little dark and when it smell like metal but it's important to clean the engine after the drain pour some fresh oil crank the engine without starting it re-drained so you will be sure that all contaminant are going to be out ,

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