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Termy

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How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Original Message Feb 12, 2005 1:02 am

How Often Do You Change Your Oil in your OPE?

Many probably want to know what the going rate is or what they should do.

I say do it every year. I do

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Highwind

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #4 Feb 12, 2005 8:34 am

Termy,

I change mine after it has run the number of hours recommended by the engine maker, or at the end of the season. Last year I had one that made it to an oil change based on hours, the rest I did at the end of the season. The way the snow has fallen this past month, I'll be changing it in the snow blower at the end of season. After 2 winters it still hasn't run enough to do its first break-in oil change.

Thanks to FaithfulFrank and his post on WTB about those wireless hour meters, I no longer have to track on paper the run hours.

Honda stable: HS 724 snowblower; HRS216 lawnmower; BF2 UWWW; 5 HP, 2200 psi/2.9 GPM pressure washer.

Electric: BV2500 B&D Leaf Hog/snow duster; old 12" Weedeater.

ChrisS

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #5 Feb 12, 2005 9:04 am

I change it when I can.

Honda 928TA, Ariens 924 STE, Toro single stage S-620, 95 Jeep Wrangler with a 6 foot Fisher Plow, many shovels, one 14 year old boy. Craftsman 01 1000 LTX pimp Gold LT 20hp Briggs OHV V-twin. Tough as it is ugly.

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #6 Feb 12, 2005 9:29 am

Every 5000 miles or until it spits a rod.....which ever comes first.

ChrisS

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #7 Feb 12, 2005 9:39 am

LOL....

18Degrees

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #8 Feb 12, 2005 1:43 pm

alot - new breakin, then my choke was stuck making the oil dark and the exhaust black. Fixed under warranty :) 18degrees

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Dave___in___CT

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #9 Feb 12, 2005 2:02 pm

Hi...

BCS 2-wheel tractor & 21" mower... maybe once a year or two... depending on use...

1980's Gravely garden tractor used for mowing... 25 hours or so... and before winter storage...

Compact utility tractor... at recommended hours event hough I switched to full synthetic...

Dave...

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Marshall

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #10 Feb 12, 2005 2:41 pm

I shoot for 25 hour increments.

Termy

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #11 Feb 12, 2005 4:28 pm

Cool. It seems that most people change their oil every year like I do. Thumbs up to all of you. I have heard of some that change their oil every 2 years. And yes there are those few that don't care, and then it comes back and bites them in the a** later.

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #12 Feb 12, 2005 5:08 pm

In my perfect world I change the oil at the end of the season pending the machine. I run syn right now in everything.

My LT does not get much use really but gets pounded when it is used. My Honda gets a good workout every season, some more than others.

Now reality is I get to it when I can.

Termy

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Re: How Often Do You Change Your Oil?
Reply #13 Feb 13, 2005 3:15 am

To those of you who don't know, (which is only a few) if you don't change your oil, eventually you will either have a engine seisure, or you will have a broken rod, or worse, all of that and a cracked cylinder! Please change your oil at least once per year. Glad to see that most of us are doing the right thing!

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