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RE: Winter Storage / Oil Change

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Subject: RE: Winter Storage / Oil Change
From: Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:39:13 GMT
Organization: Siving Egil Kvaleberg AS
References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3119034E@inchna.stir.ac.uk>
On 28 Sep 1998, Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:

> If you change the oil you will have to change it again when you take the car
> out of storage as the additives will have aged by that time.

Oil additives aged significantly in 6 months? Won't think so -- they age 
and wear due to elevated temperature and stress in a running engine, but 
surely not very much in a stationary and (presumably) pretty cold engine.

I'd go for the autumn oil change, and keep the oil in the engine untill 
the next autumn - depending on mileage of course.

There will be some condensation collected during the winter season. But
not enough to warrant an oil chance, I'd say. It should all disappear
during the first long weekend trip, anyway. 

Egil
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