Oil/tranny fluid change
Were going away in a few weeks and want to change both. I need about four feet of snow to melt to get rv out and once out I won't be able to get it back to its parking spot due to soggy grass. Do you ...
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I change it cold and give it extra drain time. Like said by another poster...once you crank the engine, you circulate the oil that has already settled along with stirring up the sediment and other******that would otherwise drain out the plug hole. The problem with cranking the engine for a short period without going down the road is that it never gets hot enough for long enough to boil off any moisture that may have built up from condensation and you just end up circulating water through your engine.
And as far as changing before the trip? Most likely there wouldn't be any harm done if you waited until you return. Oils today are very resilient and don't break down nearly as fast as the oils of our grandfathers. And I've read that the rule of changing every 3,000 miles was created by the oil industry to sell more oil. No matter, it's still a good practice since in comparison to a new engine, changing the oil is cheap!
And as far as changing before the trip? Most likely there wouldn't be any harm done if you waited until you return. Oils today are very resilient and don't break down nearly as fast as the oils of our grandfathers. And I've read that the rule of changing every 3,000 miles was created by the oil industry to sell more oil. No matter, it's still a good practice since in comparison to a new engine, changing the oil is cheap!
