pjk
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I've been storing my LE for the last 9 months. I keep it garaged, under cover with a trickle charger attached to the battery.
After about 6 months I started her up and was told the oil needed changing. That seemed odd as I had it changed just prior to putting her to bed. I got the oil changed and now about 3 months later I checked and sure enough the oil life percentage is going down substantially without driving her.
So obviously there's a time element involved in the oil life left calculation. I follow the mfrs instructions pretty close. I don't change oil sooner (as many others her do) but never later than recommended. I get it done at the dealer so it's semi-synthetic or whatever they call it.
It seems odd that oil just sitting in the car would go bad in roughly 6 months. Who knows how long it sits in the bottle at the dealer and it is semi-synthetic.
My question to those storing their cars, do you wake up the car just to change the oil after it's been sitting ~6months? Just curious what others are doing.
Thanks!
After about 6 months I started her up and was told the oil needed changing. That seemed odd as I had it changed just prior to putting her to bed. I got the oil changed and now about 3 months later I checked and sure enough the oil life percentage is going down substantially without driving her.
So obviously there's a time element involved in the oil life left calculation. I follow the mfrs instructions pretty close. I don't change oil sooner (as many others her do) but never later than recommended. I get it done at the dealer so it's semi-synthetic or whatever they call it.
It seems odd that oil just sitting in the car would go bad in roughly 6 months. Who knows how long it sits in the bottle at the dealer and it is semi-synthetic.
My question to those storing their cars, do you wake up the car just to change the oil after it's been sitting ~6months? Just curious what others are doing.
Thanks!
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