<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Engine oil, inherently, lasts just as long as do a gear oil. Indeed, many modern cars uses an engine oil for the gearbox. The
If I can display my ignorance. I have often been told that after changing the oil before storage in the fall one must again change the oil before spring start-up. Why? The stuff I by doesn't have a "
Moisture, condensation etc. etc., Even when I do not drive my cars at all I still change the oil twice a year. Yes, drain and refill after the winter storage, it's not big bucks for the oil, it's big
** Why not just drain the oil out, and wait until the spring to re-fill?. The film is all you have anyway while it sits there unused, and a full pan of oil is pretty much doing nothing. Just make su
I was surprised to find surface rust inside the oil pan of my TR6. There was a clean line of rust showing the level of oil in the pan. There was no additional rust, other than small areas on the ext
IT doesn't have a sell by date but it is in a sealed canister as well and its not exposed to/in your (internally, no offence intended) dirty engine. If you (as with all oils, even your olive and sunf
I've just checked the shelf life of oil, including additives, and in the can it is more than 10 years. As long as the oil is new and not contaminated, it would surely be years even in a crankcase. Th
As long as you run the engine with clean oil for a while first, I can't really see any harm in that. As a speculation, the only thing I could possibly think of is that the oil might act as some sort
<snip> Your argument makes sense, Gernot. I guess price of an oil change is not much, but I still dislike dumping a few quarts of oil which did not see service (even if the oil goes to the recycler).
Gear oil is also oil - with additives. What your are saying would that you must change your gearbox and differential oils after winter storage too? They are, for all practical purposes, as much expos
<Gear oil is also oil - with additives. What your are saying would that Didn't say this is not oil. The point is that you don't need additives in gear oil, as you will see when you look at axles tha
Excuse me? Gear oils has as least as many additives as engine oils. What do you think their strong smell is caused by? The neighbors cat marking his territory through the gearbox vent? Oh, is that so
Let me throw in a thought to this on-going "Oil" thread and see if anybody has any opinions on this: If you are storing the car and change the oil, filling only to the full line on the dipstick, very
Interesting thread, but if I may be blunt, I find the best winter storage technique is to drive the car several times each month! Nothing like cruising, top down, crisp, clear January morning, 10 deg
Been there, done that. But it was TR-6, no snowmobile suit, but windows up and heater full blast. Funny, but the co-workers never did treat me the same after that :-D Tom Gentry Life is too short to
You would definitely like the drive our club is turning into an annual Memorial day tradition. We drive through Rocky Mountain National Park to a Town called Grand Lake. The route takes us across th
Wow! How do the non-computerized cars deal with that elevation? Must be some pretty thin air up that high. Sounds pretty interesting nonetheless. -- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO Calgary,Canada (not quit