Re: When to change the oil?

Posted by Ludwig on March 15, 2006 at 11:59:09 from (198.51.119.130):

In Reply to: When to change the oil? posted by DavidA on March 15, 2006 at 10:16:58:

I agree with the others, synthetic oil doesn't have a place in an engine that isn't working really hard or used alot. I run it (10w30) in my Dodge Dakota (185,000 miles) and it helped cure a rear main seal leak. Oil analysis indicates that truck has fairly substantial fuel in the oil at 8,000 miles mostly because it doesn't get driven enough.
My diesel Mercedes car also gets Mobil 1 (15w50) I haven't driven it enough to know how long I'll go between changes, probably more like 10k since I drive the car 450 miles a week commuting.

My Farmall Super M gets the oil changed whenever I get to it. Its been something like 3 years now which is really bad. I'm going to try to do it this spring especially as I want to do some plowing. I run the tractor about 20 hours a year, a good schedule would be to change the oil in the fall.
I've got something like 2 gallons of Valvoline 10w30 hanging around. Once thats used up I plan to lay in a quantity of Delvac 1300 15w40. I only use the tractor in relatively warm weather (May through October) so I feel that 15w40 will be fine, especially as I let it warm up good before I do any work with it.

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