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GORVN4FUN
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Mar 09, 2014

Oil Change Cold or Warm after sitting thru Winter

My Motorhome (gasser) has been sitting for 3+ months through a very cold winter (Chicago) without being started. It's time to change the oil, which I do myself. Here's the question... Since the oil ha...
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Wrong_Lane
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Mar 09, 2014
I was always told to change it while hot or warm as the warm oil will carry any debris out the drain.

Cold oil is pretty thick. My son changed cold oil on a small tractor this winter and it took over 20 minutes for the oil to drain out.

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