Oil change after sitting for 14 months..., do it cold or warm it up? |
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Oil change after sitting for 14 months..., do it cold or warm it up? |
FlacaProductions |
May 8 2021, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,606 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
First post-Covid vaccine travel and i'm finally getting back to my 914 that's been sitting for 14 months.
The first thing I am going to do is an oil change - should I let gravity help me and do it right away, stone cold since everything should be on the bottom - or should it be warm first? I"m going to do the tuna can install at the same time so i'll have the bottom of the sump off as well so i should get it all out either way - just wondering. One vote on the side of doing it warm is that I'd like to take it out for a quick run to see if anything changed (read: eaten by rodents) during the hiatus that would need addressing...then deal with it all at the same time. I'm sure I'm over-thinking... |
IronHillRestorations |
May 8 2021, 10:41 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,724 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None |
If the oil doesn't have a lot of miles on it, I'd probably get it up to operating temp to drain it. That will get more particulates out of the engine
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