Oil changes

[John]

Here is a question for you, I am curious how often people change their oil when they are only driving the cars minimal miles a year (lets' say under 3K)? I am also curious what oils those of you prefer, brand and weight.

[RBeckman]

I change both of mine at the beginning of the season and use 20-50 Vavoline Racing oil for the Zinc factor and use a K&N Oil filter.

[carpoor]

I go with, 3K miles or 6 months... whatever comes first. I like 20W50 for the really hot months here. I run it a little thinner in the cooler months. (Rotella T usually) I used to prefer AC filters, but have recently been swayed to use Puralator.

[jpekarek]

Originally Posted by RBeckman

I change both of mine at the beginning of the season and use 20-50 Vavoline Racing oil for the Zinc factor and use a K&N Oil filter.

Same here, I use the K&N filter because they are much tougher than any factory filter. I have popped a NAPA Gold and a Fram oil filters from high cold pressure. I change the oil whenever it starts to look dirty, twice over the past year, ironically the exact same time my filters popped dumping 9 quarts of oil on the garage floor!

[earthquake68]

Once a year. Castrol GTX 20W50 with added zinc. AC or Wix filter. NEVER use the orange canister of death on these old cars.

[Ms Grumpy]

Originally Posted by earthquake68

Once a year. Castrol GTX 20W50 with added zinc. AC or Wix filter. NEVER use the orange canister of death on these old cars.

lol.......

[John]

Seems pretty consistent. I had thought of changing twice a year but seems once a year is pretty common. Thanks for the input. Oh- what about coolant? every few years?

[carpoor]

How are you going to store the car during the winter? If it's going to sit idle a lot, I would possibly consider checking & flushing the coolant yearly. But, if it will be in a heated garage, started and allowed to reach operating temp a few times over the winter - leave it alone.

[grandsport]

Twice a year for me,which is about 50 miles.

[flash]

I change mine every 3500 miles with 20/50 Valvoline Racing Oil which equals about 3 or 4 times a year .