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« on: March 02, 2012, 01:40:50 PM »
Need some advice on this one...

Since Summer of 2010 my car has been a summer only car, it has sat in the garage during winter 2010-2011 & 2011-present.  I make sure to go out, start it up, and let it warm up, test the lights, etc. at least once a month just to avoid letting it sit idle for too long.

The last time I changed my oil was in July 2010, and I used Mobil 1 Full Synthetic Extended Performance which is supposed to be guaranteed for 15k miles between oil changes.  Since then, I have only put about 8k on the car during the summer of 2010 and 2011 and it has all been casual driving.

My question:  Even though I have barely driven half of what the oil is guaranteed for, because it has been so long should I change the oil this spring before I take the car out again?  question

Thanx in advance!
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 02:07:14 PM »
In all honesty I would probably change it once a year.
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 02:46:51 PM »
I would say yes!
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2012, 06:27:36 PM »
I use Mobil 1 EP too and I don't pay attention to that 15k crap...I like to be on top of making sure my engine has fresh oil.  The most I'll push the oil is 10k with a filter change at 5k.  But in your case yes I would do a filter and oil change.  I like to do a change quarterly.
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2012, 07:40:44 PM »
http://elitecm.net/forums/index.php?topic=1901
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