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DRTDEVL
May 13, 2018Explorer
I run 10w30. That's what Dodge suggested for the 360, so that's what it gets.
Just the cheap stuff. Supertech from WalMart is usually what goes in, but then I find a quality filter. No Fram, ever.
I change the oil when it looks like it needs it or if it begins smelling like fuel. That means the oil was changed by my grandfather in the 90s, then I changed it last month. In the meantime, it was started a few times in 2010 after sitting for over a decade, then started a few times in 2015, then started and driven 60 miles this year. As I have not really used it, I kept the old oil and filter.
This year will be different, though... I'll probably change it again in the fall, as I am actually driving it weekly (not much, just 3 miles from storage to the house, and another 3 miles back every weekend), but we'll be taking it to White Sands next week (55 miles each way), and a couple short-ish trips to work out the bugs (100 miles each way or so), before using it on a medium distance (150 miles), 2 week boondocking trip in the mountains in July. After that, we'll try to get out in it about once per month for the remainder of the year.
Just the cheap stuff. Supertech from WalMart is usually what goes in, but then I find a quality filter. No Fram, ever.
I change the oil when it looks like it needs it or if it begins smelling like fuel. That means the oil was changed by my grandfather in the 90s, then I changed it last month. In the meantime, it was started a few times in 2010 after sitting for over a decade, then started a few times in 2015, then started and driven 60 miles this year. As I have not really used it, I kept the old oil and filter.
This year will be different, though... I'll probably change it again in the fall, as I am actually driving it weekly (not much, just 3 miles from storage to the house, and another 3 miles back every weekend), but we'll be taking it to White Sands next week (55 miles each way), and a couple short-ish trips to work out the bugs (100 miles each way or so), before using it on a medium distance (150 miles), 2 week boondocking trip in the mountains in July. After that, we'll try to get out in it about once per month for the remainder of the year.
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