Advise Please
 

Hi guys, here is my question. if my 86 is a garage car, do I need too do engine oil change still? appreciated any feedback... :thanks:

I think you are asking about letting your car sit for long periods of time. The old saying is: "change your oil every 3 months or three thousand miles." It is up to you.

If it's sitting all the time change in on set time interval like 9-12 monthes is better I guess.

or after 2 or 3 track days. =)

yea I keep it in the garage all the time and only take it out around the block one time a month for like 5 minutes to run the fluids...
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kind of like I do... I drive it for like 15-20 minutes though

projekt zeal86 build

Why?


and beautiful garage

HOLY CRAP!
That is nicer than my living room. I am not kidding here!

And just for perspective DD, 4,000 miles a month, never been inside :

thats a badass garage!

and although i understand the idea of "preserving a car," i cant quite fully understand doing so with our cars. it's relatively cheap (for a fun sports car) and such a blast to drive that i feel like it's a waste to not drive it. even though i hate racking up miles on my car, i cant stop myself from driving lol

I got another dd and this one is like my toy and for now im just adding aftermarket parts...


Thank you..

Totally agree :thanks:

Starting and running it for short periods of time is just going to degrade the oil faster. The oil is never getting up to temp to boil off the water and fuel in it, so it's just accumulating from each short trip.

Definitely run it long enough for the engine to get to full operating temperature and for condensation to burn out of exhaust. Change the oil on a calendar basis depending on how often you start it. Sounds like annualy would work right now.

this makes sense thank you..

and you might want to think about adding Sta-Bil 360 to the gas tank....