oil change

[johnnyrauder]

i use a full syntheic oil but only put on 1k miles in a year and 8mo. my ? is change it or is it fine.

[JimP]

I'd change it, and you should find reasons to drive it a bit more.

[fastblackmerc]

I'd change it, and you should find reasons to drive it a bit more.

+1.

Drive it more!

[Catfish]

+2. These Mercs were built to be driven!

[airjordan2k8]

+3 I drive mine every single day!

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[daddyusmaximus]

+4 Mine's is my only daily driver. These cars are too nice to sit.

[HotRaud90]

I'd say a good rule of thumb (someone correct me if I'm wrong) would be to change the oil at least* once a year, even if you don't drive much. Probably wouldn't hurt to do once every 6 months, especially if you're doin short trips when you drive it.

[vkirkend]

Blackstone Labs, do any oil analysis and follow their directions.

[loud2004marquis]

+1.

Drive it more!


+2. These Mercs were built to be driven!


+3 I drive mine every single day!


+4 Mine's is my only daily driver. These cars are too nice to sit.

^^^X2 To what they all said!^^^

And plus one to changing it once a year!

[johnnyrauder]

I'd say a good rule of thumb (someone correct me if I'm wrong) would be to change the oil at least* once a year, even if you don't drive much. Probably wouldn't hurt to do once every 6 months, especially if you're doin short trips when you drive it.thanks for the input..boy you would think i asked how often i should drive my own car. i know these cars are drivers,hoever its nice to see only 22k on the odmeder. more so if i ever want to sell it.

[FordNut]

Blackstone Labs, do any oil analysis and follow their directions.

Officially, this ^^^

Realistically, I probably wouldn't change it. I normally go 5k between changes, but in your case with such low miles driven, I would probably just go 3k.

[fastblackmerc]

I'd say a good rule of thumb (someone correct me if I'm wrong) would be to change the oil at least* once a year, even if you don't drive much. Probably wouldn't hurt to do once every 6 months, especially if you're doin short trips when you drive it.

If you were using dino oil you'd be correct.

[Pat]

Some folks recommend twice a year due to production of acids in the motor when not run for very long. Not sure if this is for regular oil or full synthetic (blended oil is considered regular petroleum oil due to only 20% being a synthetic product).

WWW.Bronsautomotive.com/oil-change-intervals/

Periodically warming the engine up to operating temperature for a period of time without driving it may also be an option to burning off the contaminates.