Brad- six of one and half a dozen of the other. I can only think of one issue
and that would be moisture. Having no idea where you live or temp changes and
if the car was in a controled enviorment. Personally I would pull he dip stick
and if the oil appeared clean w/ no rust on the dipstick I would drive the
car. Ive also not heard of Mobil 1 breaking down during periods of inactivity.
Besides, if you recently started the car then you used that oil and if damage
was going to happen, then I would think it already has. I would drive the car
myself UNLESS it appears milky on the dipstick- if it looks clean, which it
should, I know I would use it.Just a IMO responce. That and a buck will get ya
a cup of coffee in some locations.
TtT
--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Brad Huff <huffb@southslope.net> wrote:
> From: Brad Huff <huffb@southslope.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] Changing oil on an infrequently driven vehicle
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 12:25 PM
> What do you folks think about oil
> changes on cars that are not driven
> regularly. I have had my Tiger stored and although I start
> it periodicaly it
> has had very little run time on a Mobil 1 oil change. I
> have not driven the
> car for quite some time, my free time did not allow for joy
> riding. I just
> got new tires for it so I intend to start driving the car.
> I changed the oil
> several years ago but never drove the car. It literally has
> less than 1 or 2
> hours running time on the oil change. The engine is a fresh
> rebuild so it is
> not loaded with sludge. I have heard the talk about the
> need to change the oil
> based on the time that has passed but with a clean engine
> and synthetic oil, I
> wonder how important this is. Let me know what you
> think.-Brad
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